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|    Wilfred van Velzen to Alan Beck    |
|    Re: 7zip    |
|    23 Apr 20 11:12:18    |
      TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815       RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes       TZUTC: 0200       CHRS: UTF-8 2       PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221       MSGID: 2:280/464 5ea15d21       REPLY: 1:229/426.36 6351801f       Hi Alan,              On 2020-04-22 20:22:56, you wrote to all:               AB> 7zip used as               AB> 7z e nodelist.z08               AB> results in               AB> Nodelist.108 (0 bytes)               AB> Isn't that enough to drive you dippy.              I get about the same weird result as August:              ===       d:\com\inbound>"c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" e NODELIST.Z08              7-Zip 19.00 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2018 Igor Pavlov : 2019-02-21              Scanning the drive for archives:       1 file, 52554 bytes (52 KiB)              Extracting archive: NODELIST.Z08              ERRORS:       Headers Error       ERRORS:       Missing volume : NODELIST.ZIP              --       Path = NODELIST.Z08       Type = zip       ERRORS:       Headers Error       ERROR = Missing volume : NODELIST.ZIP       Physical Size = 52554       Characteristics = Local Central       Total Physical Size = 52554       Multivolume = +       Volume Index = 7       Volumes = 8                     Would you like to replace the existing file:        Path: .\NODELIST.108        Size: 165590 bytes (162 KiB)        Modified: 2020-04-17 00:25:02       with the file from archive:        Path: NODELIST.108        Size: 165590 bytes (162 KiB)        Modified: 2020-04-17 00:25:02       ? (Y)es / (N)o / (A)lways / (S)kip all / A(u)to rename all / (Q)uit? q              Archives with Errors: 1              Open Errors: 2       ===              But afterwards there is a correct unpacked NODELIST.108 file.              When I rename the NODELIST.Z08 to NODELIST.ZIP, it unpacks without complaining:              ===       d:\com\inbound>"c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" e NODELIST.ZIP              7-Zip 19.00 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2018 Igor Pavlov : 2019-02-21              Scanning the drive for archives:       1 file, 52554 bytes (52 KiB)              Extracting archive: NODELIST.ZIP       --       Path = NODELIST.ZIP       Type = zip       Physical Size = 52554              Everything is Ok              Size: 165590       Compressed: 52554       ===              So it seems 7z gets confused by the .Z08 extension. It probably thinks it's       file 8 in a multiple file archive...                     Bye, Wilfred.              --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815        * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 120/340 601 154/10 203/0 221/0 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/101 426 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 288/100       SEEN-BY: 292/854 8125 310/31 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120       SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 280/464 229/426           |
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