In article <001701c2bcd5$f74a68e0$4b4301d5@famwaugh>, Bill Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Malcolm Cadman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:04 PM >Subject: Re: [ql-users] QTrans v0.07 > >> >> In article <000801c2ba83$30b14040$7bd07ad5@famwaugh>, Bill Waugh >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> >> >> A few funnies when accessing the DOS device of QPC2 have been >> >> addressed, with assistance from Marcel Kilgus, who tells me that he >> >> will consider a small change to the DOS device in future versions >to >> >> help me make Q-Trans more robust with the DOS device. >> > >> >Aha - so this may explain why I have had no joy trying to unzip >Qtrans >> >transfered from Dos1_ >> >> No ... just your methodology :-) >> >> Use Qtrans to copy 'Qtrans.zip' from your 'Dos1_' directory to a >'Ram1_' >> as follows :- >> >> 'Dos1_Qtrans.zip' to 'Ram1_Qtrans_zip' >> >> i.e, make the 'dot' into an 'underscore' by altering it. >> >> Then from 'Ram1_' the 'Qtrans_zip' will unzip OK to 'Ram1_' >> >> Once it is working OK, copy it from 'Ram1_' to its new permanent home >on >> your 'Win1_' drive. >> >> ( Easier to do than explain :-) ... ). > >Errr not exactly, I need a time machine to allow Qtrans to copy >Qtrans.zip to anywhere from anywhere until I've unzipped it or is this >some method of recursion that I've missed (;-)
OK. What I am suggesting is that if you are experiencing a difficulty unzipping directly from a DOS device, then simply copy it over as a file to a QL device, e.g, a Ram disk. SMSQ copies between DOS and QL, so it is no problem :- type in the following, copy Dos1_Qtrans.zip to Ram1_QTrans_zip The change to underscore is necessary for the QL filing system convention. Info 5.22 will then unzip the file for you with no problems. ( I was maybe assuming that you already were able to run Qtrans from the earlier 'beta' version ( v0.06 ), in my initial description ). The good news is that once you have it running these difficulties will be a thing of the past :-) -- Malcolm Cadman
