Hi, My edition of pkunzip is 2.50 as well, circle 1999. While I have three editions of wp on my computer in this case I used wp6.0 I do agree about 8.3, I did not create the source archive, so I can confirm that 8.3 is not to my knowledge used in many cases. I rune only dos on my machine ms dos 7.1, so I start word perfect from the c prompt, its in the path line of my auto exec.bat file. I wonder if, for example there are spaces in the file names, that would prevent pkunzip from placing the files in the correct directory? it is a large archive almost half a gig compressed.
On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, Don Flowers wrote: > Which version of pkunzip are you using? And what version of WP? I use > Pkunzip 2.50 and have gone up to 4 directories beyond root with no issues, > but I do stick to 8.3 file names. Do you use a menu program to start WP? Do > you use the WP retrieve file utility to access the file or another method.? > > On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I have a rather Unusual question about directory trees in dos. >> I have a zip compressed file that contains rather a large number of .txt >> files. >> the files are of stories, and series, with the person who put the >> materials together using some major breakdown, for example an item might >> look like this. >> d:\stories\abandoned\series\the-end-of-time.txt >> Now when I ran pkunzip on the archive, the directory tree was created >> correctly. >> By which I mean there is a directory for abandoned, then a sub-directory >> for series, then the stories underneath. >> However in allot of cases the actual directory holding the .txt file is >> different. >> for the record, I am using word perfect to read the files. >> My question is this. >> is there a limit to the number of branches so to speak, one can have in a >> dos directory tree? >> Frankly I have never seen this problem before. I do have lfn loaded, so do >> not think it is the names of the files, especially since some of the >> content is present, and I got no error when I was unzipping the archive. >> Thoughts? >> Thanks, >> Karen >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San >> Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries >> present their vision of the future. This family event has something for >> everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. >> http://sdm.link/attshape >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries present their vision of the future. This family event has something for everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. http://sdm.link/attshape _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
