jharres@sleepy.bmd.trw.com (10/08/90)
HELP! I got zoo.ttp from the umich archive (thanks) but have been unable to get it to unarc a program. I used binary mode to ftp it without any problem. I then unarc'd it (with arc.ttp that i ftp'd during the same session) and got the six or so files. The command I input was "zoo x passm.z". Zoo's response was a couple lines showing the correct commands. I couldn't get "zoo h" to show me anything different. With it showing me potential command inputs I assume the program is capable of running, but isn't getting the right input from me. The instructions (yes I read them :^) ) didn't give me a clue as to what is wrong. thanks in advance Jim Harres jharres@doc.bmd.trw.com
davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu (10/09/90)
In article <805.27103909@sleepy.bmd.trw.com>, jharres@sleepy.bmd.trw.com writes: > session) and got the six or so files. The command I input was > "zoo x passm.z". Zoo's response was a couple lines showing the correct > commands. I couldn't get "zoo h" to show me anything different. With it Which command-line interpreter are you using? Some of them, such as PCOMMAND, convert all text into uppercase. Zoo expects many of its options in lowercase. You can use the basic functions of Zoo with CLI's such as PCOMMAND thusly: Zoo -list <zoofile> zoo -extract <zoofile> zoo -print <zoofile> file-to-read If you are using Gulam, you shouldn't have the above problem. -- David Paschall-Zimbel davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu
bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) (10/10/90)
In article <805.27103909@sleepy.bmd.trw.com> jharres@sleepy.bmd.trw.com writes: >HELP! I got zoo.ttp from the umich archive (thanks) but have been unable >to get it to unarc a program... >The command I input was > "zoo x passm.z". ^ | Looks like you're trying to use zoo on a Unix 'compress' file - zoo files will end in .zoo, compressed files in .Z. You should either uncompress it on your Unix system or get the compress utility from atari.archive/panarthea and do it on your ST. >Jim Harres jharres@doc.bmd.trw.com -- ################################################################################ # Bill Sheppard -- bills@microware.com -- {uunet,sun}!mcrware!mwca!bill # # Microware Systems Corporation --- OS-9: Seven generations beyond __/_!! # #######Opinions expressed are my own, though you'd be wise to adopt them!#######
mwjester@wsuiar.uucp (loki) (10/10/90)
In article <805.27103909@sleepy.bmd.trw.com>, jharres@sleepy.bmd.trw.com writes: > HELP! I got zoo.ttp from the umich archive (thanks) but have been unable > to get it to unarc a program. I used binary mode to ftp it without any > problem. I then unarc'd it (with arc.ttp that i ftp'd during the same > session) and got the six or so files. The command I input was > "zoo x passm.z". Zoo's response was a couple lines showing the correct > commands. I couldn't get "zoo h" to show me anything different. With it > showing me potential command inputs I assume the program is capable of running, > but isn't getting the right input from me. The instructions (yes I read them > :^) ) didn't give me a clue as to what is wrong. > thanks in advance > > Jim Harres jharres@doc.bmd.trw.com Zoo is case-sensitive. Because the desktop puts everything into uppercase before passing it on, zoo is barfing on what it considers bad input. The temporary workaround is to use the "novice" commands, which can be accessed by using a minus sign before the command, e.g. -list whatsit.zoo will list all the files included in whatsit.zoo. Extractions can be done with the -extract command. The better approach is to get hold of a shell (like gulam) which doesn't mangle the case of the arguments it passes. If it can do wild card expansion, so much the better. Now for a question of my own: Is there a command to zoo that will cause it to archive the contents of a subdirectory, including any subdirectories of that subdirectory, and their contents, in a recursive fashion? I've already RTFM, but either I was extremely dense that day or it's not there. Max J.
klute@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) (10/15/90)
In article <373.2711ccaf@wsuiar.uucp>, mwjester@wsuiar.uucp (loki) writes: |> Now for a question of my own: Is there a command to zoo that will cause |> it to archive the contents of a subdirectory, including any subdirectories |> of that subdirectory, and their contents, in a recursive fashion? I've |> already RTFM, but either I was extremely dense that day or it's not there. The Atari ST version of Zoo by Daan Jitta can do that: "zoo a// dir" archives the directory "dir" and recursively all its subdirectories. The standard Zoo cannot do that. (But we have "find" under UNIX, haven't we?) -- Dipl.-Inform. Rainer Klute klute@irb.informatik.uni-dortmund.de Univ. Dortmund, IRB klute@unido.uucp, klute@unido.bitnet Postfach 500500 |)|/ Tel.: +49 231 755-4663 D-4600 Dortmund 50 |\|\ Fax : +49 231 755-2386