Trying to get 7zip to run from a command line, I can sub that in the setup.

Alan

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Re: 7zip
By: Alan Beck to all on Tue Apr 21 2020 18:41:31

Trying to get 7zip to run from a command line, I can sub that in the setup.

/me shudders violently


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7zip used as

7z e nodelist.z08

results in

Nodelist.108 (0 bytes)

Isn't that enough to drive you dippy.

Alan

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Hello Alan!

** On 22.04.20 - 20:22, Alan Beck wrote to all:

7zip used as

7z e nodelist.z08

results in

Nodelist.108 (0 bytes)

Isn't that enough to drive you dippy.

I get weird behaviour from 7z command-line too, but eventually it unpacks just fine:

H:\ProgramFiles\7zip\7-Zip>7z|more

7-Zip [32] 16.04 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-10-04


Directory of H:\ProgramFiles\7zip\7-Zip

04/22/2020 08:38 PM 52,554 NODELIST.Z08

H:\ProgramFiles\7zip\7-Zip>7z e nodelist.z08

7-Zip [32] 16.04 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-10-04

Scanning the drive for archives:
1 file, 52554 bytes (52 KiB)

Extracting archive: NODELIST.Z08

ERRORS:
Missing volume : NODELIST.ZIP

--
Path = NODELIST.Z08
Type = zip
ERROR = Missing volume : NODELIST.ZIP
Physical Size = 52554



Archives with Errors: 1

Open Errors: 1

H:\ProgramFiles\7zip\7-Zip>dir no*
Volume in drive H is FILES
Volume Serial Number is F7FF-DBCE

Directory of H:\ProgramFiles\7zip\7-Zip

04/17/2020 12:25 AM 165,590 NODELIST.108
04/22/2020 08:38 PM 52,554 NODELIST.Z08
2 File(s) 218,144 bytes



../|ug

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Hello Alan,

7z e nodelist.z08

results in

Nodelist.108 (0 bytes)

Isn't that enough to drive you dippy.

Doesn't the Windows file manager support zip natively?

But zip and unzip from the command line should be easy to use (I think).

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Hi Alan,

On 2020-04-22 20:22:56, you wrote to all:

7zip used as

7z e nodelist.z08

results in

Nodelist.108 (0 bytes)

Isn't that enough to drive you dippy.

I get about the same weird result as August:

===
d:\com\inbound>"c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" e NODELIST.Z08

7-Zip 19.00 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2018 Igor Pavlov : 2019-02-21

Scanning the drive for archives:
1 file, 52554 bytes (52 KiB)

Extracting archive: NODELIST.Z08

ERRORS:
Headers Error
ERRORS:
Missing volume : NODELIST.ZIP

--
Path = NODELIST.Z08
Type = zip
ERRORS:
Headers Error
ERROR = Missing volume : NODELIST.ZIP
Physical Size = 52554
Characteristics = Local Central
Total Physical Size = 52554
Multivolume = +
Volume Index = 7
Volumes = 8


Would you like to replace the existing file:
Path: .\NODELIST.108
Size: 165590 bytes (162 KiB)
Modified: 2020-04-17 00:25:02
with the file from archive:
Path: NODELIST.108
Size: 165590 bytes (162 KiB)
Modified: 2020-04-17 00:25:02
? (Y)es / (N)o / (A)lways / (S)kip all / A(u)to rename all / (Q)uit? q

Archives with Errors: 1

Open Errors: 2
===

But afterwards there is a correct unpacked NODELIST.108 file.

When I rename the NODELIST.Z08 to NODELIST.ZIP, it unpacks without complaining:

===
d:\com\inbound>"c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" e NODELIST.ZIP

7-Zip 19.00 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2018 Igor Pavlov : 2019-02-21

Scanning the drive for archives:
1 file, 52554 bytes (52 KiB)

Extracting archive: NODELIST.ZIP
--
Path = NODELIST.ZIP
Type = zip
Physical Size = 52554

Everything is Ok

Size: 165590
Compressed: 52554
===

So it seems 7z gets confused by the .Z08 extension. It probably thinks it's file 8 in a multiple file archive...


Bye, Wilfred.

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Alan,

Yes, I think it does.

At least in the GUI.

The second I intstalled a trial of winzip my system was hijacked by it.

But, it won't do a CLUI.

BTW everyone, 7zip did work.

It worked on the first instance I used "7z e nodelist.Z03".

The others resulted in 0 byte files.

Anyhow, I tripped over the unzipped file when I was trolling around for something else.

Now I will try it in the OpenXP.

I hope it works.

Alan

Hello Alan,

7z e nodelist.z08

results in

Nodelist.108 (0 bytes)

Isn't that enough to drive you dippy.

Doesn't the Windows file manager support zip natively?

But zip and unzip from the command line should be easy to use (I think).

Ttyl :-), Al

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Hi Alan,

On 2020-04-23 07:40:47, you wrote to Alan Ianson:

The second I intstalled a trial of winzip my system was hijacked by
it.

What do you mean by 'hijacked'?

Bye, Wilfred.

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Hi Alan,

On 2020-04-23 07:40:47, you wrote to Alan Ianson:

The second I intstalled a trial of winzip my system was hijacked by it.

What do you mean by 'hijacked'?

Winzip became the only compression utility on my system.

I just uninstalled it and will see if anything works better.

Alan

Bye, Wilfred.

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On 23/04/2020 5:12 a.m., Wilfred van Velzen : Alan Beck wrote:

I get about the same weird result as August:

===
d:\com\inbound>"c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" e NODELIST.Z08

But afterwards there is a correct unpacked NODELIST.108 file.

When I rename the NODELIST.Z08 to NODELIST.ZIP, it unpacks without complaining:

So it seems 7z gets confused by the .Z08 extension. It probably thinks it's file 8 in a multiple file archive...

That is most probably it! You are good at this. ;)

The screen dumps helped.

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Alan Beck wrote to all <=-

Nodelist.108 (0 bytes)

Isn't that enough to drive you dippy.

Zippy is more like it!

During the Archiver wars of the twentieth century, someone came up with a
joke archiver that created a 1 byte archive. Claimed it blew any other
archive format out of the water.

Also, if memory served, said they were still working on the unarchiver. :)


... Do you understand now, what the center represents?
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