Subj : Zip Error 255 On Uploaded Files
To   : Digital Man
From : DesotoFireflite
Date : Wed Feb 09 2022 13:21:44

  Re: Zip Error 255 On Uploaded Files
  By: DesotoFireflite to Digital Man on Wed Feb 09 2022 08:53 am

 > > DM>>>> It's weird that your system would require the %. unless you
 > > DM>>>> had a file or directory named "unzip" in exec.

 > >>>> I don't understand it either, as I haven't needed it till I did
 > >>>> the update, and I can't swear to that, as I only know for sure
 > >>>> It started with 3.19c, I was only on 3.19b for 2 days and no
 > >>>> uploads were done in 
 > >>>> those 2 days. Hope this helps.

 > DM>> So far, yours is the only system I know of to have this
 De> issue (requiring the ".exe" be added to executed zip and unzip
 De> command-lines on Windows).

 >> That figures :) I have no idea what changed to cause it. I haven't
 De> installed any new programs in windows, nor any new modifications in
 De> the computer. Only thing I have done is the update to sbbs.

 > DM>> Something else to check: are "zip" and "unzip" listed in
 De> SCFG->External Programs->Native Program List?

 >> They are both in there as ZIP.EXE and UNZIP.EXE

 DM>> Oh? That's unusal.

 DM>> Here's the default Native Program List:
 DM>> É[þ][?]ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
 DM>> º Native Program List º
 DM>> ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹
 DM>> º ³cmd.exe º
 DM>> º ³sh º
 DM>> º ³csh º
 DM>> º ³bash º
 DM>> º ³node º
 DM>> º ³smbutil º
 DM>> º ³zip º
 DM>> º ³unzip º
 DM>> º ³pkzip25 º
 DM>> º ³mp3info º
 DM>> º ³ º
 DM>> ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ

 DM>> If yours has "zip.exe" and "unzip.exe" instead, I think that
 DM>> explains the issue. Non-native programs are attempted to be run
 DM>> using dosxtrn.exe (a 16-bit DOS program) on Windows, which is not
 DM>> going to successfully run a 32-bit executable (such as zip.exe or
 DM>> unzip.exe). 

OK, I changed them to just ZIP and UNZIP, and took off the %., and all seems to be working fine now.

 > >>> I wasn't going to say anything, as it only happened once
 De> yesterday, but since I'm running 3.19c, it may be related to this
 De> issue. I uploaded 5 files to my bbs directory yesterday, and went
 De> back to check to see if it took ok, and picked up the FILE_ID.DIZ's
 De> ok. Everything was fine, then I quit and went back to the main
 De> menu, and did a "N" for new mail, and chose All, and it displayed
 De> all the new files I uploaded...I logged off, and logged back on,
 De> and everything did as it should then. I have not been able to
 De> duplicate it, but I thought I would mention it just the same in
 De> case it may be related to the other issue.

 > DM>> I'm not clear... are you describing a newly observed issue here?

 >> Yes, but only if you think it's related to the zip, unzip problem.
 De> As I said, I can not reproduce it, and it only happened once. It may
 De> have been just a fluke or something related to memory. I'm really not
 De> concerened at this point about it since I can't reproduce it.

 DM>> I'm not clear: *what* only happened once? I don't see a problem in
 DM>> your description of the scenario. <shrug>

 De> Let's leave it be for now, as it only happened once. To put it simply,
 De> after I uploaded a few files using the ;upload command, from the "T" file
 De> menu, I quit the gile menu using "Q", and went the check for any new mail
 De> that might have come in, when I hit "N" for new mail, Then "A" for all, it
 De> listed all the new FILES I uploaded instead of any new mail. The only way
 De> I could stop it from doing this was to log out, and log back in. Hope this
 De> is clearer. As I say, no need to persue it, as it only happened once, and
 De> I can't duplicate the issue. The only reason I mentioned it was in case it
 De> was related to the issue we were having with the zip and unzip issue.
 De> Personally, I think it was a one time fluke.

OK, I did manage to duplicate the issue today after uploading a file from my other computer. I then changed to the main menu to check for new mail in all the echos. It scanned all the echos, and then it showed the new file I just uploaded. Is it supposed to show any new files uploaded from a new message message scan.

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