[Info-vax] Alpha PCSI Database

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-10-27 kl. 07:19, skrev Steven Schweda:
>> Yes, they need to be quoted absent the use of a beloved
>> feature logical (and extended parsing enabled).
>
>    Zip 3.0 and up should deal with the DECC$ARGV_PARSE_STYLE
> part, but, as the help says:
>
>   (Must quote upper-case options, like "-V", unless SET PROC/PARSE=EXTEND)
>
>    I fail to see the benefit of "-C", which preserves the
> case of the save-set file name,...

$ ZIP "-VCj" xxx.ZIP xxx.BCK

zip error: Invalid command arguments (no such option: C)

$ zip
Copyright (C) 1990-1999 Info-ZIP
Type 'zip "-L"' for software license.
Zip 2.3 (November 29th 1999). Usage: zip=="$disk:[dir]zip.exe"


Do I have to update ZIP? Or can I simply remove the "C" option?
I can update for other reasons, but is "C" needed in *this* case?

And strictly personaly, I usually adds the following:

  - $ MC TCPIP$UUENCODE <savesetname>.ZIP <savesetname>.UUE
  - $ MAIL /SUBJ=PCSI <savesetname>.UUE "smtp%""<my-personal-mailadr>"""

And then forward the mail to whoever, skipping the FTP step.

Maybe it doesn't always work, but I have never got anything
but a correct VMS file as a normal attachment.

> but I might add "-9" to save a few bytes.

ZIP file become 1033 blocks using "-Vj9" instead of 1059 blocks
using "-Vj". Maybe the differnce is larger using a later ZIP.


> (If the BACKUP step were skipped, then "-C"
> might be helpful on an ODS2 file system, but the "-2" option
> in UnZip 6.00 and up might have made even that unimportant.)
>
>    As usual, everything's complicated.
>

Jan-Erik Söderholm