Board:   [fsxNet] Mystic BBS discussion/support
Subject: Re: cryptlib and Raspberry Pi
From:    Phil Taylor(21:1/242)
Date:    Sat Mar 07, 2026 07:40

 > On 06 Mar 2026, Phil Taylor said the following...
 >
 >  PT> Sorry I do not use 7Z and I stick with the 80 standard archivers like
 >  PT> pkzip, pkunzip, arj and arc.
 >
 > dude do you try to learn how anything works in your life? or are you just
 > treating this echo like a personal ChatGPT with real people on the other sid
 >
 > "new" knowledge can be created by learning two different things and then
 > realizing how they relate. this is why i gave the 7zip example
 >
 >  PT> this: 7z l -y "%1" >> "%3%2"
 >
 > you take this and you look at the 7zip parameter printout:
 >
 > <Commands>
 >   ..
 >   l : List contents of archive
 >   ..
 >
 > <Switches>
 >   -y : assume Yes on all queries
 >
 > okay, so let's plug in the parameters from our example as they are filled in
 > from this list:
 >
 >  PT> %1   -  archive filename
 >  PT> %2   -  file to pack, file to extract, etc
 >  PT> %3   -  destination dir (probably \mystic\temp<node>\)
 >
 >
 > 7z l -y "coolfile.7z" >> "c:\mystic\temp1\tempfile.arc"
 >
 > so it would seem it runs 7zip to list the archive contents, and just in case
 > 7z.exe asks any questsions it just makes sure they're answered 'yes'.
 >
 > the ">>" redirects output from a program to a file, and if it exists it's
 > overwritten
 >
 > everything after that is the file the output of 7z.exe is written to (the
 > actual listing of files in the archive as if you typed that out on the comma
 > line)
 >
 > now after that command is done, mystic reads the file that 7z just output to
 > and prints it to the user (see my other message where i spelled this out pre
 > clearly)
 >
 > so taking what we've learned, you should be able to figure out what paramete
 > to pass to arj. but the most embarrassing part:
 >
 > THE PARAMETERS TO ARJ.EXE ARE THE EXACT SAME. 7ZIP'S COMMAND LINE IS MODELED
 > AFTER ARJ'S
 >
 > arj l -y "%1" >> "%3%2"
 >
 > please, please, please at least try to apply some brain power to what you're
 > doing.

It does not work because when I try and view a file I get

Unable to view archive.

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