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   Bj”rn Wiberg to g00r00   
   Re: LHZ/LZH for Windows (typo?), 7Z for    
   03 Aug 21 16:36:24   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
   MSGID: 2:201/137 b836d2db   
   REPLY: 2:201/137 3f2f0fd7   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   Hello g00r00!   
      
   ARJ and 7-ZIP revisited. :)   
      
   On 02 Aug 2021, Bj”rn Wiberg said the following...   
    BW>  g0> There is no enabled setup for ARJ by default in Mystic but if you wan   
    BW>  g0> create a view default feel free to do so and send it over, like any o   
    BW>  g0> archiver.   
    BW>    
    BW> Tried getting this to work, but didn't quite succeed --   
      
   I performed an strace and noticed that Mystic appears to add "/dev/null 2>&1"   
   to the end of the View Cmd command line. This seems to break things. But on   
   Linux, it is possible to perform the following work-around:   
      
        Active ³ Yes   
     Extension ³ ARJ   
            OS ³ Linux   
   Description ³ ARJ32 ARJ Utilities (CUSTOM)   
      Pack Cmd ³ arj a -e -i -y "%1" "%2"   
    Unpack Cmd ³ arj e -e -i -y -w"%3" "%1" "%2"   
      View Cmd ³ arj l -i -y "%1" >> "%3%2" 2> /dev/null; exit $? >>   
      
   This will preserve the exit status of arj and tame the added /dev/null 2>&1   
   stuff.   
      
   The -i will remove any progress indicator from the output. Unsure if that one   
   actually shows during viewing, as I haven't checked the source code, but it   
   won't hurt, and it is at least good for packing/unpacking, I presume.   
      
   Also note that there should be no space between -w and "%3"; it appears to be   
   the same thing for other platforms. Otherwise ARJ might complain and interpret   
   the work directory as an archive file name.   
      
   And something similar for 7-ZIP:   
      
          Active ³ Yes   
       Extension ³ 7Z   
              OS ³ Linux   
     Description ³ 7-ZIP (CUSTOM)   
        Pack Cmd ³ 7z a -y "%1" "%2"   
      Unpack Cmd ³ 7z e -y -o"%3" "%1" "%2"   
        View Cmd ³ 7z l -ba -y "%1" >> "%3%2" 2> /dev/null; exit $? >>   
      
   D.S.   
      
   All comments and thoughts welcome. :)   
      
   Best regards   
   Bj”rn   
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