| From: | Thomas Tavoly |
| Date: | 6 Apr 2001 at 16:07:23 |
| Subject: | Re: [D5] Re: ArcHandlerEx problem |
Hi Dave, on Apr 6 you wrote:
> Waiting for which bug to be fixed, (if noone reports anything, it's either
> working or noone's using it) ?
You said I should wait for the bug which was reported to be fixed, then
download it (right after I asked what the current URL was).
> The one _what(?)_ built into DOpus5?
Ok, not built into, I forgot I installed this script:
$VER: ArcDir.dopus5 1.0 (11.8.96)
Written by Edmund Vermeulen (edmundv@grafix.xs4all.nl).
ARexx script for Directory Opus 5 to show the contents of an LhA or LZX
archive in an Opus lister and operate on the files and directories inside
the archive as if it is a normal directory.
So I click on a file in the file lister, press F1 (copy here, I still don't
use drag & drop because of the never fixed and very reproducable layer
locking bug that has been in DOpus for years =), whatever is selected is
copied to destination lister. Most of the time at least, for some reason
sometimes the file is extracted but simply disappears.
> You can't 'move' within archives anyway, the CLI 'Move' command is used for
> moving the extracted file from the temporary directory it was extracted too,
> to the final destination directory.
I gathered as much. Was just wondering whether and what version of move would or
would not work. I remember disabling DOpus move but can't remember why, I'm sure
it had a reason, maybe something with dates not being preserved or
whatever. I can understand that some versions would not work if it was
between different partitions for example, but only C= rename can't do that,
ARP move and DOpus move can.
> If ever an extracted file fails to turn up in the destination directory, it
> is 99% certain that you are using a 'Move' command that doesn't conform to
> the CLI format of Move 2.2a, (as was used for ArcDir also).
ARP move: Usage: Move <wildcards> [TO] <wildcards or dir> [QUIET] [CASE]
C= rename: FROM/A/M,TO=AS/A,QUIET/S
DOpus move: Usage: Move [FROM] <file1> [TO] <file2>
Don't see how any problem can occur with not using DOpus' move since it offers
the lowest common denominator of arguments, unless there is some voodoo like
move sending ARexx to DOpus or some similar internal stuff happening, maybe
return code differences or whatever.
> I've since modified the script to specifically call DOpus5:C/Move as
> suggested in a previous message, (this'll be in 1.4).
So can I copy ARP move into DOpus5:C/ and hope it works? :)
...
_ . Thomas Tavoly
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