I am running OS/2 Warp 4 and Maximus 3.01. My qwk does not compress qwk packets correctly and gives a error message to notfiy the sysop. Looking in the maximus logs shows a "Archiver error (errorlevel 203)". I have searched the docs and the interweb for the meaning of this error. I can manually run pkzip -a Olr\LABBS.qwk Olr\*.* and sucessfully create a LABBS.qwk file. I see where the offline reader is trying to run "maxpipe.exe 10 pkzip -a Olr\node01\LABBS.qwk Olr\node01\*.* (203)
Any idea what the problem could be? The docs say you can run the same compresss.ctl for Squish and Maximus so I am certain I have the correct version of PKZIP. I also don't understand where that command line comes from that is called by the offline mail reader menu. Any help would be appreciated!
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Hello Doctor,

Tuesday September 07 2021 15:51, you wrote to All:

certain I have the correct version of PKZIP. I also don't understand
where that command line comes from that is called by the offline mail reader menu. Any help would be appreciated!

Sounds like your COMPRESS.CFG isn't set up correctly. Both Max and Squish use COMPRESS.CFG; for my system, both Max and Squish use D:\SQUISH\SQUISH.CFG.

Are you running the DOS or OS/2 version of Max? If it's OS/2, you should be using Info-Zip's OS/2-native version of ZIP and UNZIP.

Here's my section for COMPRESS.CFG on my system for Max/2:

Archiver ZIP
Extension ZIP
Ident 0,504b0304 ; "PK^c^d"
OS2 Add zip -9Dj %a %f ; store in uppercase
DOS Add pkzip -a %a %f
OS2 Extract unzip -qqnjC %a %f ; case insensitive extract
DOS Extract pkunzip -n %a %f
OS2 View unzip -v %a
DOS View pkzip -v %a
End Archiver

Also, real names are required in this echo. Thanks.

This setup has worked for over 20 years for me. :)

-- Sean

... GIVE: Support the helpless victims of computer error.
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Thanks Sean. Sorry don't know how to change the "from" on this board to my first name which is Les.

Are you running the DOS or OS/2 version of Max? If it's OS/2, you should

It's OS/2. I have the OS/2 version of Zip and it works fine with Squish but I will check the command line against what you posted.
Thanks again!
Les
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Doctor Wade wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Thanks Sean. Sorry don't know how to change the "from" on
this board to my first name which is Les.

As long as you sign your message with your real name, you're good hjere.

Are you running the DOS or OS/2 version of Max? If it's OS/2, you should

It's OS/2. I have the OS/2 version of Zip and it works fine
with Squish but I will check the command line against what
you posted.

I got your message on my BBS. So are your QWK packets not compressing or decompressing? What about your READER.CTL file? Anything odd in it?

-- Sean

___ MultiMail/Linux v0.52

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I got your message on my BBS. So are your QWK packets not
compressing or decompressing? What about your READER.CTL file?
Anything odd in it?

Compressing. It goes through the messages and shows the total messages
to process. According to the log the error is when it is trying to zip
up the .qwk for downloading. It shows a different error number everytime "Archiver error (errorlevel 230)"
On the caller side it just says "error archiving please inform sysop)

reader.ctl contains the bbs name, phone number, working directory, and
max number of mesages, and compress.cfg. Thanks for your help. This has
me stumped. The .qwk process works correctly for Lora BBS on the same
box with no archiver error so I am pretty sure the pkzip version is
correct. Could it be a maxpipe error?

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Hello Doctor,

Monday September 13 2021 08:36, you wrote to me:

to process. According to the log the error is when it is trying to zip
up the .qwk for downloading. It shows a different error number
everytime "Archiver error (errorlevel 230)" On the caller side it just says "error archiving please inform sysop)

I am suspecting you may be using a version of ZIP that Max/2 doesn't like. I don't recommend using a DOS-based archiver for Max/2. Max is particularly picky, for some reason, about certain versions of Zip/Unzip. Check what versions you're using by appending "-v" to each archiver.

My "zip -v" returns:

===
Copyright (c) 1990-2008 Info-ZIP - Type 'zip "-L"' for software license.
This is Zip 3.0 (July 5th 2008), by Info-ZIP.
Currently maintained by E. Gordon. Please send bug reports to
the authors using the web page at www.info-zip.org; see README for details.

Latest sources and executables are at ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip,
as of above date; see http://www.info-zip.org/ for other sites.

Compiled with emx+gcc 4.9.2 for OS/2 2.x/3.x (32-bit) on Jan 9 2020.

Zip special compilation options:
ASMV
USE_EF_UT_TIME (store Universal Time)
SYMLINK_SUPPORT (symbolic links supported)
LARGE_FILE_SUPPORT (can read and write large files on file system)
ZIP64_SUPPORT (use Zip64 to store large files in archives)
[encryption, version 2.91 of 05 Jan 2007] (modified for Zip 3)
===

My "unzip -v" returns:

===
UnZip 6.00 of 20 April 2009, by Info-ZIP. Maintained by C. Spieler. Send
bug reports using http://www.info-zip.org/zip-bug.html; see README for details.

Latest sources and executables are at ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ ;
see ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html for other sites.

Compiled with gcc 9.2.0 20190812 (OS/2 RPM build 9.2.0-4.oc00) for OS/2 and OS/2 based systems on Jun 12 2020.

UnZip special compilation options:
ASM_CRC
COPYRIGHT_CLEAN (PKZIP 0.9x unreducing method not supported)
OS2_EAS
SET_DIR_ATTRIB
SYMLINKS (symbolic links supported, if RTL and file system permit)
TIMESTAMP
UNIXBACKUP
USE_EF_UT_TIME
USE_UNSHRINK (PKZIP/Zip 1.x unshrinking method supported)
USE_DEFLATE64 (PKZIP 4.x Deflate64(tm) supported)
LARGE_FILE_SUPPORT (large files over 2 GiB supported)
ZIP64_SUPPORT (archives using Zip64 for large files supported)
USE_BZIP2 (PKZIP 4.6+, using bzip2 lib version 1.0.8, 13-Jul-2019)
===

I have attempted to use newer versions of Zip/Unzip that cause either Max or ArcaOS (what I run) heartburn and I have never been able to figure out why.

The versions of Zip/Unzip I use are the ones that come with ArcaOS.

is correct. Could it be a maxpipe error?

If Max says "archiver error", it's a problem with the archiver and nothing else, usually. If you want, I can archive my Info-Zip ZIP/UNZIP archivers and drop them in a private message for you on my BBS to download.

I use ARJ/2--the open source Russian version--and it works great. But I'm weird like that. *smirk*

You're welcome for the help. It's what I'm here for!

-- Sean

... He who always plows a straight furrow is in a rut.
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If Max says "archiver error", it's a problem with the archiver and
nothing else, usually. If you want, I can archive my Info-Zip
ZIP/UNZIP archivers and drop them in a private message for you on my
BBS to download.

I use ARJ/2--the open source Russian version--and it works great.
But I'm weird like that. *smirk*

You're welcome for the help. It's what I'm here for!

You are most likely correct about the version I am using being wrong for Maximus. If you could drop me a message on your board with the
archievers you use that would be awesome!
Thanks again!

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Hello Doctor,

Tuesday September 14 2021 08:18, you wrote to me:

You are most likely correct about the version I am using being wrong
for Maximus. If you could drop me a message on your board with
the archievers you use that would be awesome! Thanks again!

I just saw you pop on and off my board so I will continue this there.

-- Sean

... Anthony's Law of Force: don't force it; get a larger hammer.
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Hello Doctor!

Monday September 13 2021 08:36, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

reader.ctl contains the bbs name, phone number, working directory, and
max number of mesages, and compress.cfg. Thanks for your help. This
has me stumped. The .qwk process works correctly for Lora BBS on the

Have you a working copy of LORA????!!! for os/2? I have been searching for years to find someone that has successfully compiled this, care to share? I would love to return one of my BBS's to its original glory!!!

Regards,

Rick

... BBSing addictive? I hadn't noticed, too busy BBSing!
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