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echo: fidosoft.husky
to: mark lewis
from: Jeff Smith
date: 2015-12-13 19:59:38
subject: Processing Mail Files?

Hello mark.

13 Dec 15 17:34, you wrote to me:


 ml> 13 Dec 15 14:08, you wrote to me:

 JS>>>> If I manually unzip the .PKT files then call HPT the .PKT files
 JS>>>> toss fine. ZIP is the agreed upon archiver.

 ml>>> *how* is your link zipping them? what is their zip command in
 ml>>> their tosser? what are the first 8 bytes (in hex please) of the
 ml>>> file they are sending you?

 JS>>   I will ask Janis and get back to you.

 ml> you didn't say it was janis' system that was sending to you ;)

Yeah, I guess I fogot that little tidbit of info. :-)

 JS>>>> I have tried both the internal Unzip support as well as an
 JS>>>> external Unzip program to no avail.

 JS>> My command lines appear to be the very close to yours:

 JS>> Unpack "unzip -joLqq $a -d $p" 0 504b0304
 JS>> Pack   zip "zip -9 -jgq $a $f"

 ml> the devil is in the details... it doesn't take much to ruin a good
 ml> recipe...

 Don't I know it. A coma, dash, period out of place can often times make a world
of difference.

 ml> i don't know what the differences are right off hand but you
 ml> might want to try those i posted... they came default with my
 ml> self-built installation when i generated my initial config with
 ml> "fidoInst for bash by Zano" version 0.14 to get me
started... i don't
 ml> specifically recall having changed those but i might have...

 JS>> We have already agreed to use uncompressed PKT's when tranfering
 JS>> mail in the future.

 ml> +1

Yeah... But I don't like unanswered questions.



Jeff

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