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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

2819.0. "ARC Problem on VMS" by DICKNS::MACDONALD (WA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25) Wed Aug 09 1989 13:13

    I ARCed a large number of files on the VAX recently. Unfortunately,
    I forgot about the 12 character ARC filename size limit. Now, when
    I try to deARC certain files that exceeded that limit, I cannot.
    Since some of the files are important, I wonder if anyone knows
    how I can recover them.
    
    Thanks.
    
    Paul
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2819.1BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonWed Aug 09 1989 14:4910
    use VMSSWEEP, it uses a pick the the entry number scheme for selecting
    the filename instead of having you specify the filename.
    
    It can be found in BAGELS::USER1$:[BRANNON.UNPACK]VMSSWEEP.*
    
    I've been caught by that problem too.  Wonder why it didn't just
    truncate the file name down to 12 characters before putting it
    in the arc file or just do a match on the first 12 characters.
    
    -Dave
2819.2DICKNS::MACDONALDWA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25Wed Aug 09 1989 16:532
    I tried VMSSWEEP today, but for some reason it only displays the
    first file in the archive. Strange .. any pointers?
2819.3One solution...LOWLIF::DAVISThat's not a BUG, it's a FEATURE!Wed Aug 09 1989 19:5011
Paul,

I think I can get them back.  I have written a ZAP utility for the VAX that
I have used in similar situations to do the same thing.  I think all I had
to do was go in and put a NUL in the .ARC after the file name.

Anyone that wants the util is welcome to it.  Let me know and I'll make it
available for you, or if you want to send me the .ARC, I'll try to fix it
and send it back.

...richard
2819.4TALLIS::MCAFEESteve McAfeeThu Aug 10 1989 01:485
    re: .2
    
    Did you try cvtarc'ing the file before running VMSSWEEP?
    
    - steve
2819.5DICKNS::MACDONALDWA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25Thu Aug 10 1989 13:392
    ARC.EXE displays the entire directory. VMSWEEP.EXE displays only
    the first entry. Don't see how CVTARC can make a difference.
2819.6BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonThu Aug 10 1989 15:512
    ARC likes stream files, VMSSWEEP is older, it expects fixed length
    512 byte files.  Try CVTARC v.