Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

2016-06-25 Thread Don Flowers
IF there are spaces in any of the files or directories, that could very well be an issue, especially since you didn't create the original archive. If that is the case you may have to manually reconstruct the zipfile for DOS compatibility. On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 5:48 PM, dmccunney wrote: > On Sa

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

2016-06-25 Thread dmccunney
On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > 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 us

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

2016-06-25 Thread Karen Lewellen
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

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

2016-06-25 Thread Don Flowers
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.? O

[Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

2016-06-25 Thread Karen Lewellen
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