palantir/log4j-sniffer

Windows download is in .tgz format not .exe

TWalstrom opened this issue · 2 comments

Thought I'd comment on this as a common/nontechnical windows user may run into issues:

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Workaround I utilized:

Ran this command in powershell to convert the linux tgz to exe:
tar -xvzf C:\Users\USERNAMEHERE\Downloads\log4j-sniffer-1.0.0-windows-amd64.tgz -C C:\Users\USERNAMEHERE\Downloads
Then ran this (the .\ at the beginning to allow running in powershell, it's designed for the command prompt):
.\log4j-sniffer.exe crawl C:\

Hey @TWalstrom, thanks for catching this! Looks like we changed from exe --> tgz between releases 0.8.0 and 1.0.0. I've updated the readme to reflect the correct steps.

Awesome, glad I could assist (even if it's something small).
Keep up the amazing work to you and everyone at Palantir!
Cheers 🥂