Hi all

Can someone in the know kindly share their pack and unpack lines for RAR running under a windows system?

With thanks, Paul

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Hi Paul,

On 2017-05-25 20:04:05, you wrote to All:

Can someone in the know kindly share their pack and unpack lines for
RAR running under a windows system?

I'm not in the know ;), but this is what I use in FMail:

rar a -y -s -m5 -ep -idcp
unrar e -c- -y -idcp

(filenames are added to those by FMail itself)

Bye, Wilfred.

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Good ${greeting_time}, Paul!

25 May 17 20:04, you wrote to All:

Can someone in the know kindly share their pack and unpack lines for
RAR running under a windows system?

cat husky-all-1.9-docs-20170406.zip\hpt\config\packer

# *.rar
#Unpack "unrar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 0 52617221
# rar-sfx/DOS
Unpack "unrar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 28 52534658
# rar 2.90 R sfxs
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 23040 52617221 # Default.sfx Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 9573 52617221 # DOS.sfx
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 9493 52617221 # Dos_US.sfx Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 25099 52617221 # Os2.sfx
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 13312 52617221 # WinCon.sfx Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 13824 52617221 # WinConUS.sfx Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 25088 52617221 # Zip.sfx
# Rar 3.0 R sfxs
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 46592 52617221 # Default.sfx Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 93816 52617221 # Dos.sfx
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 37376 52617221 # WinCon.sfx Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 31232 52617221 # Zip.sfx
# Rar 3.0 sfxs
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 47104 52617221 # Default.sfx
# Rar 3.1b1 sfxs
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 50688 52617221 # Default.sfx Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 94128 52617221 # Dos.sfx
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 34816 52617221 # Zip.sfx
# Rar 3.1b2 sfxs
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 49152 52617221 # Default.sfx Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 94016 52617221 # Dos.sfx
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 34304 52617221 # Zip.sfx
# Rar 3.1b3 sfxs
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 49664 52617221 # Default.sfx Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 93932 52617221 # Dos.sfx
Unpack "rar e -y -c- -o+ -inul -p- $a $p $f" 37888 52617221 # WinCon.sfx

Pack rar rar a -ep -md1024 -m5 -mm -inul -s $a $f

With best regards, Alexandr.

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On Thu, 25 May 2017 20:04:04 +1200 Paul Hayton wrote:

Can someone in the know kindly share their pack and unpack lines for RAR running under a windows system?

From my windows fidoconfig:

Unpack "\fido\husky\unRAR.EXE e -ep -o+ -y -c- $a $f $p" 0 52617221

\fido\husky\UnRAR.exe

UNRAR 5.40 x86 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2016 Alexander Roshal

I see no reason to use RAR for packing arcmail. ;)

'Tommi

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On 2017 May 25 13:35:56, you wrote to Paul Hayton:

\fido\husky\UnRAR.exe

UNRAR 5.40 x86 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2016 Alexander Roshal

I see no reason to use RAR for packing arcmail. ;)

agreed... especially with today's little traffic... granted, there's a *lot* of
PKTs being flung around all the time but packing mail into bundles really isn't
needed any more...

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25 May 17 10:56:44, you wrote to me:

I see no reason to use RAR for packing arcmail. ;)

agreed... especially with today's little traffic... granted, there's a *lot* of PKTs being flung around all the time but packing mail into

bundles

really isn't needed any more...

If mail is on hold for points, it may be better to zip it into one file instead
of sending half a million .pkt's.

I prefer receiving mail zipped to my point.

But no RAR needed. :)

'Tommi

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On 2017 May 25 21:31:46, you wrote to me:

I see no reason to use RAR for packing arcmail. ;)

agreed... especially with today's little traffic... granted, there's a
*lot* of PKTs being flung around all the time but packing mail into
bundles really isn't needed any more...

If mail is on hold for points, it may be better to zip it into one
file instead of sending half a million .pkt's.

true but in some cases, maybe not... i had a link in washington state that was way out in the boonies and had some really attrocious lines... they had huge troubles downloading large bundles... one problem was new mail being added to it after the transfer had failed so the next time they had to start all over again pulling a larger bundle... we switched them to raw PKTs which were much smaller and they could get them all over numerous connections without having to
start all over again each time...

I prefer receiving mail zipped to my point.

i do raw PKTs everywhere... why waste the resources to zip them when the mailer
and network protocols can compress them on the fly? ;)

But no RAR needed. :)

fully agreed :)

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Hi mark.

25 May 17 17:55:14, you wrote to me:

true but in some cases, maybe not... i had a link in washington state that was way out in the boonies and had some really attrocious lines... they

had

huge troubles downloading large bundles... one problem was new mail being added to it after the transfer had failed so the next time they had to start all over again pulling a larger bundle... we switched them to raw PKTs which were much smaller and they could get them all over numerous connections without having to start all over again each time...

Yes. There are always special cases.

I prefer receiving mail zipped to my point.

i do raw PKTs everywhere... why waste the resources to zip them when
the
mailer and network protocols can compress them on the fly? ;)

The compression is irrelevant nowadays when tranferring over the internet. But if a point (or node) polls mail only once or twice a day, it might be nice to transfer only one file instead of one hundred or so. At lest the log files look
better. ;)

Ok, it is possible to combine many .pkts to one. In that case arcmail sure is not needed. :)

'Tommi

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On 05/25/17, Tommi Koivula pondered and said...

I see no reason to use RAR for packing arcmail. ;)

It's for unpacking file hatches that are .rar in format so the htick can get
to the file_id.diz :)

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On 05/25/17, Paul Hayton pondered and said...

Hi all

Can someone in the know kindly share their pack and unpack lines for RAR running under a windows system?

Thanks everyone for your replies. Much appreciated.

Best, Paul

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Hello Paul!

25 May 2017 20:04, Paul Hayton wrote to All:

Can someone in the know kindly share their pack and unpack lines for
RAR running under a windows system?

why at all pack today ?

pkt files can be live compressed in binkp if zlib/bzip2 is supported, but it wont decompress/compress files sent, but all uncompressed with get delivered very fast if both ends support it over binkp

RAR is btw not free software, but UNRAR is (stupid licenses)

so to speak, dont pack with rar, but support unpacking is fine


Regards Benny

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Hello Paul!

26 May 2017 21:35, Paul Hayton wrote to Tommi Koivula:

It's for unpacking file hatches that are .rar in format so the htick
can get to the file_id.diz :)

all that info is in the tic file ?


Regards Benny

... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

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Hello Benny,

On Tue Jul 18 2017 23:17:30, Benny Pedersen wrote to Paul Hayton:

--- Msged/LNX 6.2.0 (Linux/4.12.2-gentoo (i686))

I notice you're one of the few using Msged/LNX-current. Could you do me a favor
and try to set "Switch RightNextUnreadArea On" in your config file, and when you start msged, go to the last message in an area and press the right arrow, please?

It's supposed to go to the next area with unread messages, but on my system it coredumps. Just wanted to see if it was a bug or related to my system specifically.

Regards,
Nick

... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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Hello Nicholas!

13 Aug 2017 21:13, Nicholas Boel wrote to Benny Pedersen:

Hello Benny,

On Tue Jul 18 2017 23:17:30, Benny Pedersen wrote to Paul Hayton:

--- Msged/LNX 6.2.0 (Linux/4.12.2-gentoo (i686))

I notice you're one of the few using Msged/LNX-current. Could you do
me a favor and try to set "Switch RightNextUnreadArea On" in your
config file, and when you start msged, go to the last message in an
area and press the right arrow, please?

It's supposed to go to the next area with unread messages, but on my system it coredumps. Just wanted to see if it was a bug or related to
my system specifically.

with that option i seqfault if last msg is reached

so we found a bug imho, dont know if i like to compile again here, lost sources
and lost config how it was configured, never got gentoo ebuilds for husky to work well :/

----- msged.cfg begins -----
AreafileFlags 8
Areafile Fidoconfig Both
; include /home/xpoint/fido/config/config.msged
Readmap /home/xpoint/fido/config/readmaps.dat
Writemap /home/xpoint/fido/config/writmaps.dat
; AssumeCharset CP1125
; AssumeCharset IBMPC
; CharsetAlias +7_FIDO CP866
; CharsetAlias ALT CP866
; CharsetAlias IBMPC-8 CP850
; CharsetAlias LATIN-1 CP865 ; bullshit :)
; CharsetAlias RUFIDO CP866
; CharsetAlias UTF-8 LATIN-1 ; only a test
; Readmap /home/xpoint/fido/config/msged/readmaps.is1
; Writemap /home/xpoint/fido/config/msged/writmaps.is1
AssumeCharset CP850
CharsetAlias IBMPC CP850
OutputCharset LATIN-1
Helpfile /home/xpoint/fido/config/msghelp.dat
Template /home/xpoint/fido/config/msged.tpl
Template /home/xpoint/fido/config/msged-dk.tpl
Template /home/xpoint/fido/config/msged-de.tpl
Template /home/xpoint/fido/config/msged-se.tpl
include /home/xpoint/fido/config/scheme.004
; include /home/xpoint/fido/config/msged.colors
SortAreas G

RobotName Areafix
RobotName Filefix
RobotName filemgr
RobotName areamgr
;
; 0 international
; 1 dansk
; 2 german
; 3 svensk
;
GroupSettings "FIDO" 0 0
GroupSettings "KOFO" 0 0
GroupSettings "NORD" 1 1
GroupSettings "R20" 3 3
GroupSettings "R21" 3 3
GroupSettings "R23" 1 1
GroupSettings "R24" 2 2
GroupSettings "R50" 0 0
GroupSettings "WARD" 0 0
GroupSettings "XPOINT" 0 0
GroupSettings "Z39" 0 0

Origin openvpn on its way here

IF TERM=linux
Switch colors on
Switch BS127 on
Switch pseudographics off
ELIF TERM=cons25
Switch colors on
Switch BS127 off
Switch pseudographics off
ELIF TERM=vt220
Switch colors on
Switch BS127 off
Switch pseudographics off
ELIF TERM=xterm
Switch colors on
Switch BS127 on
Switch pseudographics on
ELIF TERM=ansi
Switch colors on
Switch BS127 off
Switch pseudographics on
ELSE
Switch colors on
Switch BS127 on
Switch pseudographics on
ENDIF
Quote _&>_
QuoteRight 76
Switch EditOriginLines off
Switch EditTearLines off
Switch HardQuote on
Switch UseMouse Off
Switch XXLTearline on
Switch NetmailVia off
Switch ShowAddr off
Switch RightNextUnreadArea Off
EnableSC
Function 0 ^M \0x1f00
Function 1 \0x23
Scan
UserOffset 0
FreqArea NetmailArea
NodePath /home/xpoint/fido/nodelist/v7
nodelist fidonet NODEX SYSOP.ndx
UserList /home/xpoint/fido/nodelist/userlist
Gate Domains

AlterFunc ReplyQuote Q
AlterFunc ReplyOtherArea QA
AlterFunc ReplyFollow QF
AlterFunc ReplyExtra QAF

----- msged.cfg ends -----

just in case i lost my config :=)


Regards Benny

... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

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Hello Benny,

On Tue Aug 15 2017 00:16:06, Benny Pedersen wrote to Nicholas Boel:

with that option i seqfault if last msg is reached

so we found a bug imho, dont know if i like to compile again here,
lost sources and lost config how it was configured, never got gentoo ebuilds for husky to work well :/

I don't think anyone is working on msged these days anyways. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't just me that had the issue.

One other person (Maurice) tested it also, and his actually worked as expected.
So I'm not sure how or where the bug is just yet.

Regards,
Nick

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