[comp.sys.atari.st] Zoo won't extract folders

J.J. Lehett <JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu> (04/17/91)

    The only thing I can get zoo to do is -extract.  I cannot get it to use
any of the expert commands... it just gives me that bad command screen.
    Is there something that I am missing?  I try e, -e, along with the
/ to get it to extract to folders, but still the only command that ever
works is -extract, nothing else seems to.

       Any ideas out there?

        Thanks in advance,
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klute@tommy.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) (04/18/91)

In article <91107.154606JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu>, JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu (J.J.
Lehett) writes:
|>     Is there something that I am missing?  I try e, -e, along with the
|> / to get it to extract to folders, but still the only command that ever
|> works is -extract, nothing else seems to.

First, the zoo expert commands do not start with a '-'. So simply type 'e'
instaed of '-e'.

Second, unless the folders already exist you have to say '//' instead of
'/'. '//' makes zoo to create the folders.

Summary: zoo e// archive.zoo

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rmacgreg@cs.strath.ac.uk (Sorcerer) (04/19/91)

In article <91107.154606JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu> JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu (J.J. Lehett) writes:
>
>    The only thing I can get zoo to do is -extract.  I cannot get it to use
>any of the expert commands... it just gives me that bad command screen.
>    Is there something that I am missing?  I try e, -e, along with the
>/ to get it to extract to folders, but still the only command that ever
>works is -extract, nothing else seems to.
>
>       Any ideas out there?
>

Try doubling up the '/' symbol so you would do:
   zoo e// <zoofile> file <file file...>


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fischer-michael@cs.yale.edu (Michael Fischer) (04/20/91)

In article <91107.154606JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu> JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu (J.J. Lehett) writes:
>
>    The only thing I can get zoo to do is -extract.  I cannot get it to use
>any of the expert commands... it just gives me that bad command screen.
>    Is there something that I am missing?
Yes.  Use:   zoo 'x//.' file.zoo
The quotes are needed for many shells to protect the slashes; they are
not passed to zoo.

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