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   Bj”rn Wiberg to g00r00   
   Re: LHZ/LZH for Windows (typo?), 7Z for    
   02 Aug 21 20:20:03   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
   MSGID: 2:201/137 3f2f0fd7   
   REPLY: 1:129/215 4841e03b   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   Hello g00r00!   
      
   Thank you for your reply!   
      
    g0>  BW> Furthermore, I would suggest adding an archiver entry 7Z (7-ZIP) for   
    g0>  BW> Linux to complement the existing one for Windows, or perhaps simply   
    g0>    
    g0> You are free to do that if you'd like and send it along.  I'll make a   
    g0> note of it in my TODO list in the meantime just don't know when I might   
    g0> get around to it.   
      
   This was what I am experimenting with:   
      
          Active ³ Yes   
       Extension ³ 7Z   
              OS ³ Linux   
     Description ³ CUSTOM: 7-ZIP   
        Pack Cmd ³ 7z a -y "%1" "%2"   
      Unpack Cmd ³ 7z e -y -o"%3" "%1" "%2"   
        View Cmd ³ 7z l -y "%1" >> "%3%2"   
      
   The output from 7z, however, does not seem to be very well suited for   
   formatted display, as it includes a lot of diagnostics.   
      
   And the first time you (V)iew it, a red cursor from the File Listing might   
   turn all content output red. :)   
      
   The extraneous output can be skipped with an undocumented -ba switch (see   
   https://stackoverflow.com/a/61654375), yielding output on the form:   
      
   2021-08-02 19:33:08 ....A            5            9  test.txt   
      
   ...however Mystic displays nothing then, so perhaps it is expecting something   
   more than just simple lines like that (and possibly in a different format).   
      
   Like you say, perhaps something for the future... I think I'll ditch the   
   viewing experiment for now. :)   
      
   (I wonder if it is working on Windows? One would think that output should be   
   similar there, with similar problems...)   
      
   Perhaps it might be a good idea to configure the archiver for all *but*   
   viewing, so that it at least can be used for compressed file lists, QWK   
   packets etc.   
      
    g0> functions/viewing that Mystic can do. If you find a LZH/LHA file that   
    g0> you cannot view feel free to e-mail it to me so I can take a look at it.   
      
   Sure, this was the one I tested with:   
      
   https://sourceforge.net/projects/thegwolibrary/files/gwo-winxp/gwo0.11/gwo0.11-   
   sample-win32.lzh/download   
      
    g0> There is no enabled setup for ARJ by default in Mystic but if you want to   
    g0> create a view default feel free to do so and send it over, like any other   
    g0> archiver.   
      
   Tried getting this to work, but didn't quite succeed --   
      
   Tried with:   
      
   View Cmd ³ arj l -y "%1"   
      
   ...which resulted in:   
      
   ARJ32 v 3.10, Copyright (c) 1998-2004, ARJ Software Russia.   
      
   Processing archive: /mnt/bbs/mystic/files/local/uploads/a.arj   
   Archive created: 2021-08-02 08:35:46, modified: 2021-08-02 08:35:46   
        0 file(s)   
      
   Unable to view archive.           
      
   ...and:   
      
   View Cmd ³ arj l -y "%1" >> "%3%2"   
      
   ARJ32 v 3.10, Copyright (c) 1998-2004, ARJ Software Russia.   
      
   Processing archive: /mnt/bbs/mystic/files/local/uploads/a.arj   
   Archive created: 2021-08-02 08:35:46, modified: 2021-08-02 08:35:46   
        0 file(s)   
      
   Found     1 error(s)!   
      
   I guess >> "%3%2" should redirect output to a temporary file, and Mystic's   
   archive viewer reads that (if it exists).   
      
   Are there any specs on what kind of output format it can "parse"?   
   Because I guess all archivers are different?   
      
   Otherwise I'll stick with non-viewing of ARJ archives for the time being (but   
   enabled the archiver to be able to pack/unpack for stuff like file lists and   
   QWK). :)   
      
   Best regards   
   Bj”rn   
      
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