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   Message 219 of 316   
   Sean Dennis to Doctor Wade   
   QWK and OS/2   
   13 Sep 21 16:50:40   
   
   MSGID: 1:18/200@fidonet.org 613f818c   
   REPLY: 1:153/135 000b248e   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   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:   
      
   ===   
   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:   
      
   ===   
   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)   
   ===   
      
   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   
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