#UNZIP WON'T UNZIP
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ANYONE,
I recntly downloaded the file UNZIP.LHA from the forum libraries.
I unarchived it and stored the file in the boot directory of my hard drive
(WB3.0:). The original file unarchived into a directory called "unz51d3x"
– rather an odd drawer title name.
Anyway I needed to unarchive a `ZIP' file called LDFAQ.ZIP and accessed
the unarchiver by typing into an opened shell window "cd unz51d3x" and
then typing unzip "ram:LDFAQ.ZIP ram:"
This produced the result:-
"error: start of central directory not found; zipfile corrupt. (please
check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the appropriate
BINARY mode and that you have compiled unzip properly).
The original unarchiving of UNZIP.LHA by LHA did not indicate any problems
with it's unarchiving. The file LDFAQ.ZIP is actually a file of text and
not a computer program, so I do not understand the `binary' point.
Can anyone be of assistance here?
Thankyou in advance.
IAIN.
CALLING IN FROM SCOTLAND ON A 68030/50/50 AMIGA1200!
iain@altspor.demon.co.uk
Iain,
A .zip file is binary data…that is, all 8 bits are important.
Anything that is not plain text..is binary.
If if you take plain text, and compress it…it is no longer plain
text.
Don
Greetings, Iain:
I've been dickering around with unz51d3x for a bit now. You might
try unzip ram:LDFAQ.ZIP and see what happens. Worse case is the unarced
file will be in the unz51d3x drawer. I've generally done it this way, and
then copied the file wherever I wanted it. Hope this is of some help.
—Speeding along at 14400 via AutoPilot
Lou Yurcsak
Suggest as a better way –
From unz51d3x move "Zip" and "Unzip" to Workbench c: directory. As this
is in the path it will always activate from whatever source.
Then use unzip ldfaq.zip ram: to place result in the ram directory.
Joe Clarkson