Subj : QWK and OS/2
To   : Doctor Wade
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Mon Sep 13 2021 04:50 pm

Hello Doctor,

Monday September 13 2021 08:36, you wrote to me:

 DW> to process. According to the log the error is when it is trying to zip
 DW> up the .qwk for downloading. It shows a different error number
 DW> everytime "Archiver error (errorlevel 230)" On the caller side it just
 DW> says "error archiving please inform sysop)

I am suspecting you may be using a version of ZIP that Max/2 doesn't like.  I don't recommend using a DOS-based archiver for Max/2.  Max is particularly picky, for some reason, about certain versions of Zip/Unzip.  Check what versions you're using by appending "-v" to each archiver.

My "zip -v" returns:

===
Copyright (c) 1990-2008 Info-ZIP - Type 'zip "-L"' for software license.
This is Zip 3.0 (July 5th 2008), by Info-ZIP.
Currently maintained by E. Gordon.  Please send bug reports to
the authors using the web page at www.info-zip.org; see README for details.

Latest sources and executables are at ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip,
as of above date; see http://www.info-zip.org/ for other sites.

Compiled with emx+gcc 4.9.2 for OS/2 2.x/3.x (32-bit) on Jan  9 2020.

Zip special compilation options:
        ASMV
        USE_EF_UT_TIME       (store Universal Time)
        SYMLINK_SUPPORT      (symbolic links supported)
        LARGE_FILE_SUPPORT   (can read and write large files on file system)
        ZIP64_SUPPORT        (use Zip64 to store large files in archives)
        [encryption, version 2.91 of 05 Jan 2007] (modified for Zip 3)
===

My "unzip -v" returns:

===
UnZip 6.00 of 20 April 2009, by Info-ZIP.  Maintained by C. Spieler.  Send
bug reports using http://www.info-zip.org/zip-bug.html; see README for details.

Latest sources and executables are at ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ ;
see ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html for other sites.

Compiled with gcc 9.2.0 20190812 (OS/2 RPM build 9.2.0-4.oc00) for OS/2 and OS/2 based systems on Jun 12 2020.

UnZip special compilation options:
        ASM_CRC
        COPYRIGHT_CLEAN (PKZIP 0.9x unreducing method not supported)
        OS2_EAS
        SET_DIR_ATTRIB
        SYMLINKS (symbolic links supported, if RTL and file system permit)
        TIMESTAMP
        UNIXBACKUP
        USE_EF_UT_TIME
        USE_UNSHRINK (PKZIP/Zip 1.x unshrinking method supported)
        USE_DEFLATE64 (PKZIP 4.x Deflate64(tm) supported)
        LARGE_FILE_SUPPORT (large files over 2 GiB supported)
        ZIP64_SUPPORT (archives using Zip64 for large files supported)
        USE_BZIP2 (PKZIP 4.6+, using bzip2 lib version 1.0.8, 13-Jul-2019)
===

I have attempted to use newer versions of Zip/Unzip that cause either Max or ArcaOS (what I run) heartburn and I have never been able to figure out why.

The versions of Zip/Unzip I use are the ones that come with ArcaOS.

 DW> is correct.  Could it be a maxpipe error?

If Max says "archiver error", it's a problem with the archiver and nothing else, usually.  If you want, I can archive my Info-Zip ZIP/UNZIP archivers and drop them in a private message for you on my BBS to download.

I use ARJ/2--the open source Russian version--and it works great.  But I'm weird like that. *smirk*

You're welcome for the help.  It's what I'm here for!

-- Sean

.... He who always plows a straight furrow is in a rut.
--- GoldED/2 3.0.1
 * Origin: Outpost BBS Sysop Console (1:18/200)

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