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Re: unzip - known problem? (FAQ alert)
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 10:34:02 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: unzip - known problem? (FAQ alert)
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>
> > Hallo Igor,
> >
> > Am Donnerstag, 24. April 2003 um 21:39 schriebst du:
> > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> > >> Hallo Gary,
> > >> Am Donnerstag, 24. April 2003 um 16:31 schriebst du:
> > >>> Let's say I have a .zip file, test.zip, that contains the following:
> > >>> test/cat.exe
> > >>> test/cat/mouse.exe
> > >>> If I do "unzip test.zip" (in an otherwise empty directory), I get the
> > >>> following error:
> > >>> checkdir error: test/cat exists but is not directory
> > >>> unable to process test/cat/.
> > >> $ ls -R
> > >> .:
> > >> cat/ cat.exe*
> > >> ./cat:
> > >> mouse.exe*
> > >> $ zip -r test .
> > >> adding: cat/ (stored 0%)
> > >> adding: cat/mouse.exe (stored 0%)
> > >> adding: cat.exe (stored 0%)
> > >> $ unzip test.zip
> > >> Archive: test.zip
> > >> creating: cat/
> > >> extracting: cat/mouse.exe
> > >> extracting: cat.exe
> >
> > >> Works for me (tm).
> > >> Gerrit
> >
> > > It doesn't work if "cat.exe" precedes the "cat/" directory in the archive.
> > > Igor
> >
> > Hmmm, I see. Well, what do you think would be the easiest, fix stat()
> > or s.th. else in Cygwin or is this a feature that is needed for other
> > uses and cannot be fixed, or patch unzip to do some more/less checks
> > and let it extract independent of some functions opinion?
> >
> > Gerrit
>
> Gerrit,
>
> IMO, this stat() behavior is an idiosyncracy of Cygwin, and thus this
s/idiosyncracy/idiosyncrasy/
> makes the stat() test in unzip non-portable. So the unzip source would be
> the place to fix this. A lot of software already has Cygwin-specific
> chunks.
>
> To aid in porting, it might be worth it to add a stat_pure() function [or
> a parameter to stat(), as has been suggested] that will turn off this
> feature.
>
> Perhaps there should be a "What gotchas can I expect when porting software
> to Cygwin?" question in the FAQ, with the stat() issue being part of the
> answer...
> Igor
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