Re: [boost] [filesystem] Decomposition of filenames beginning with period?

Subject: Re: [boost] [filesystem] Decomposition of filenames beginning with period?
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-07 13:39:13

Vicente BOTET wrote:
> Message du 07/04/11 19:24
> De : "Olaf van der Spek"
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Scott McMurray  wrote:
> >
> > > Sounds like stem is "filename.with.many.of" and extension
> > > is ".periods".
> >
> > Hmm, I was thinking about stuff like file.tar.gz
>
> For me the extension is "gz" and the stem is "file.tar".

That fits with the behavior, too.  First, use gunzip on the .gz file and you get file.tar.  Now untar the .tar file.

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