Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

Hi Bret, In this case i wish to only remove the directory and sub directories pkunzip created when I tried to unzip the first incomplete zip archive. I will not lose anything, the new correct archive includes all the materials that did end up in place plus new material. As the directory is

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

Hi, Bret, (somewhat off-topic) On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Bret Johnson wrote: > The DELTREE utility should work OK, though it's a dangerous utility to use. > You can easily end up > accidentally deleting some things that you really wanted to keep. Backup backup

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

The DELTREE utility should work OK, though it's a dangerous utility to use. You can easily end up accidentally deleting some things that you really wanted to keep. I generally only use DELTREE in a small, "confined" case where I'm really sure there's nothing "hidden" or forgotten that I

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

Hi Bret, Thanks for such an informative reply. I actually suspect you may be correct about the combination of file names. I requested that the person commissioned to gather and zip the information do it a second time. The new .zip archive is..about twice as large as the first one. as in from

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

I'm a little late responding to this. I haven't seen these particular things discussed yet, and I think they need to be. Regarding directories, there is the "width" (the number of files/subdirectories in a {sub}directory) and the "height" (the number of levels of subdirectories underneath the

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

That may be the issue, but the more I check the less I think that is the case. Especially with so many files in the wrong sub directories all together. Granted i must check again, but when I reviewed the contents, I did not find spaces. Something else to consider though. On Sat, 25 Jun

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, dmccunney wrote: > > I don't understand the problem. What do you mean when you say "actual > directory holding the .txt file is different." Different from what? > > Are you saying if you look at the archive with PKUNZIP -T, the > directories listed as components of the

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

> I have a rather Unusual question about directory trees in dos. > I have a zip compressed file that contains rather a large number of .txt > files. > the files are of stories, and series, with the person who put the > materials together using some major breakdown, for example an item might >

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

IF there are spaces in any of the files or directories, that could very well be an issue, especially since you didn't create the original archive. If that is the case you may have to manually reconstruct the zipfile for DOS compatibility. On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 5:48 PM, dmccunney

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > I have a rather Unusual question about directory trees in dos. > I have a zip compressed file that contains rather a large number of .txt > files. > the files are of stories, and series, with the person who put

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

Hi, My edition of pkunzip is 2.50 as well, circle 1999. While I have three editions of wp on my computer in this case I used wp6.0 I do agree about 8.3, I did not create the source archive, so I can confirm that 8.3 is not to my knowledge used in many cases. I rune only dos on my machine ms

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

Which version of pkunzip are you using? And what version of WP? I use Pkunzip 2.50 and have gone up to 4 directories beyond root with no issues, but I do stick to 8.3 file names. Do you use a menu program to start WP? Do you use the WP retrieve file utility to access the file or another method.?

[Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

Hi all, I have a rather Unusual question about directory trees in dos. I have a zip compressed file that contains rather a large number of .txt files. the files are of stories, and series, with the person who put the materials together using some major breakdown, for example an item might