Subj : QWK and OS/2
To : Doctor Wade
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Mon Sep 13 2021 04:50 pm
Hello Doctor,
Monday September 13 2021 08:36, you wrote to me:
DW> to process. According to the log the error is when it is trying to zip
DW> up the .qwk for downloading. It shows a different error number
DW> everytime "Archiver error (errorlevel 230)" On the caller side it just
DW> says "error archiving please inform sysop)
I am suspecting you may be using a version of ZIP that Max/2 doesn't like. I don't recommend using a DOS-based archiver for Max/2. Max is particularly picky, for some reason, about certain versions of Zip/Unzip. Check what versions you're using by appending "-v" to each archiver.
My "zip -v" returns:
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Copyright (c) 1990-2008 Info-ZIP - Type 'zip "-L"' for software license.
This is Zip 3.0 (July 5th 2008), by Info-ZIP.
Currently maintained by E. Gordon. Please send bug reports to
the authors using the web page at www.info-zip.org; see README for details.
Latest sources and executables are at
ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip,
as of above date; see
http://www.info-zip.org/ for other sites.
Compiled with emx+gcc 4.9.2 for OS/2 2.x/3.x (32-bit) on Jan 9 2020.
Zip special compilation options:
ASMV
USE_EF_UT_TIME (store Universal Time)
SYMLINK_SUPPORT (symbolic links supported)
LARGE_FILE_SUPPORT (can read and write large files on file system)
ZIP64_SUPPORT (use Zip64 to store large files in archives)
[encryption, version 2.91 of 05 Jan 2007] (modified for Zip 3)
===
My "unzip -v" returns:
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UnZip 6.00 of 20 April 2009, by Info-ZIP. Maintained by C. Spieler. Send
bug reports using
http://www.info-zip.org/zip-bug.html; see README for details.
Latest sources and executables are at
ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ ;
see
ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html for other sites.
Compiled with gcc 9.2.0 20190812 (OS/2 RPM build 9.2.0-4.oc00) for OS/2 and OS/2 based systems on Jun 12 2020.
UnZip special compilation options:
ASM_CRC
COPYRIGHT_CLEAN (PKZIP 0.9x unreducing method not supported)
OS2_EAS
SET_DIR_ATTRIB
SYMLINKS (symbolic links supported, if RTL and file system permit)
TIMESTAMP
UNIXBACKUP
USE_EF_UT_TIME
USE_UNSHRINK (PKZIP/Zip 1.x unshrinking method supported)
USE_DEFLATE64 (PKZIP 4.x Deflate64(tm) supported)
LARGE_FILE_SUPPORT (large files over 2 GiB supported)
ZIP64_SUPPORT (archives using Zip64 for large files supported)
USE_BZIP2 (PKZIP 4.6+, using bzip2 lib version 1.0.8, 13-Jul-2019)
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I have attempted to use newer versions of Zip/Unzip that cause either Max or ArcaOS (what I run) heartburn and I have never been able to figure out why.
The versions of Zip/Unzip I use are the ones that come with ArcaOS.
DW> is correct. Could it be a maxpipe error?
If Max says "archiver error", it's a problem with the archiver and nothing else, usually. If you want, I can archive my Info-Zip ZIP/UNZIP archivers and drop them in a private message for you on my BBS to download.
I use ARJ/2--the open source Russian version--and it works great. But I'm weird like that. *smirk*
You're welcome for the help. It's what I'm here for!
-- Sean
... He who always plows a straight furrow is in a rut.
--- GoldED/2 3.0.1
* Origin: Outpost BBS Sysop Console (1:18/200)