From your description, it looks like there is a bug in pkzip. That is a comercial product, so the answer is simple: BUY one and ask for support...
As to unzip, it is freeware, well supported, and in fact it is a port of the Linux program. That is why it behaves more in a "unix way", and has fewer bugs. Alain PS: btw, we do neither use nor support ilegal programs in this list ;) Travis Siegel escreveu: > I'm not sure if this is the right place for it, but I've noticed > recently, that pkunzip and unzip treat files with directory > information differently on freedos. > I'm using the 1.0 kernel releases (tried upgrading to 1.1, but had > some issues, so had to reinstall 1.0) > But, what happens is this: > When extracting a zip file that contains subdirectories, and using the > -d command to recreate these directories: > pkzip gives me an error each and every time it runs across a > subdirectory, stating that it can't create it. (it does though, so > not sure what's causing the error) > However, unzip does not report anything, and happily creates the > subdirectories w/no problems. > I'm curious how one would go about tracking down this problem, would > the debugging kernel mentioned here help, or is there some other way > to track these kinds of problems? > It seems to be *every* zip file, but up to now, I've only been working > with pre-existing zip files, I've not tried creating my own to see > what happens. > I'm using pkzip 2.50 for dos. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. > The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help > pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-kernel mailing list > Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
