andyl@palnet.UUCP ([Andy Lester]) (11/27/88)
I've only had a limited amount of exposure to the PK[X]ARC series of programs, but my first guess is that you can't pass a filename containing other filenames at the end of PKARC V because you can't do it from the command line either. Specifically, I've tried, unsuccesfully, to execute a PKARC V *.* to Verbosely list all .ARCs in the directory, but I guess it doesn't like to do it for more than one file. Andy (I feel naked without lots of address things tailing after my name)
zgel05@apctrc.UUCP (George E. Lehmann) (11/29/88)
In article <[536.1]andyl@palnet.comp.ibmpc> andyl@palnet.UUCP ([Andy Lester]) writes: >I've only had a limited amount of exposure to the PK[X]ARC series of >programs, but my first guess is that you can't pass a filename >containing other filenames at the end of PKARC V because you can't >do it from the command line either. Specifically, I've tried, >unsuccesfully, to execute a PKARC V *.* to Verbosely list all .ARCs >in the directory, but I guess it doesn't like to do it for more than >one file. Try this DOS command line: for %x in (*.arc) do pkarc v %x -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To live and not fly is not living... George Lehmann PP/ASEL/IFR ...!uunet!apctrc!zgel05 Amoco Production Co. PO BOX 3385, Tulsa, Ok 74102 Voice:918-660-4066
ads4@tank.uchicago.edu (adam david sah) (11/29/88)
In article <[536.1]andyl@palnet.comp.ibmpc> andyl@palnet.UUCP ([Andy Lester]) writes: >containing other filenames at the end of PKARC V because you can't >do it from the command line either. Specifically, I've tried, >unsuccesfully, to execute a PKARC V *.* to Verbosely list all .ARCs >in the directory, but I guess it doesn't like to do it for more than >one file. Try PKXARC -V *.* .... -A.Sah'88 SysOp, The Art of Science BBs 312-752-6104
composer@bucsb.UUCP (Jeffrey L. Kellem) (12/04/88)
In article <[536.1]andyl@palnet.comp.ibmpc> andyl@palnet.UUCP ([Andy Lester]) writes: >Specifically, I've tried, unsuccesfully, to execute a PKARC V *.* to >Verbosely list all .ARCs in the directory, but I guess it doesn't like >to do it for more than one file. > >Andy >(I feel naked without lots of address things tailing after my name) Try the following: PKXARC -V * PKUNPAK -V * (version 3.61) One thing to watch for, though, is if you do something like.. PKUNPAK * That will unpack all the files from each archive in your current directory, but will ALSO unpack any archives that may be imbedded inside on of the archives. Hope this helps... Jeff Kellem INTERNET: composer%bucsb.bu.edu@bu-it.bu.edu (or @bu-cs.bu.edu) UUCP: ...!harvard!bu-cs!bucsb!composer
mikes@lakesys.UUCP (Mike Shawaluk) (12/04/88)
In article <[536.1]andyl@palnet.comp.ibmpc> andyl@palnet.UUCP ([Andy Lester]) writes: >... Specifically, I've tried, >unsuccesfully, to execute a PKARC V *.* to Verbosely list all .ARCs >in the directory, but I guess it doesn't like to do it for more than >one file. > >Andy Someone else may have already answered this one, but the PKARC program doesn't handle wildcards on the .ARC filenames; only the PKXARC program does that! Fortunately, both programs have the -v command, so you can do a: PKXARC -v * to view the contents of all of the .ARC files in your directory. (BTW, I assume you have PK361.EXE now, which supports renamed programs PKPAK.EXE and PKUNPAK.EXE, as a result of the now [in]famous lawsuit...]) -- - Mike Shawaluk ...!uunet!marque!lakesys!mikes