CONTACTS 
0201 - State of Montana                     406 444 6699 fax 6721
020101 - Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
020102 - Mr. Wayne Wetzel, Ph.D.; Deputy Director =406 444 6722
020103 - Director's Office

SUBJECTS
Jul 13, 1998
PKZIP (Z & Zu), 910310

0504 -    ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - Follow up ref SDS 21 0000, ref SDS 18 0000.
050602 -
050603 - For some reason unzip failed on Wayne's computer.  This evening Morris
050604 - indicated the cause may be due to a filename longer than 8 char in the
050605 - zip file.  I could not find this problem.  Uploaded the files in their
050606 - regular directories.  Sent Wayne a letter with instructions on how to
050607 - download. ref SDS 0 7489
050608 -
050609 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0000 linked to this record for instructions.
050610 -
050611 -    Note:  the actual date of the updated files was 980714, because I
050612 -    sent the stuff the next day.
050613 -
050614 -    [On 980728 sent another update to include some corrections and
050615 -    improvements. ref SDS 23 0000]
050616 -
050617 -    [On 980729 received letter from Wayne that the "save" operation, in
050618 -    the code for the update sent on 980713, failed. ref SDS 24 0000]
050619 -
050620 -    [On 980730 Wayne solved zu problem by getting a newer version from
050621 -    the Internet. ref SDS 25 2662]
050622 -
050623 -
050624 -  ..
0507 -
0508 -
0509 - Progress
0510 -
051001 -  ..
051002 - Pkunzip failing to install SDS program update on Wayne's W95 Computer
051003 -
051004 - Early this morning, I uploaded another SDS program update for Wayne.
051005 - I used CPU #10 in Concord which is running W98, a beta version.
051006 -
051007 - Wayne sent an email back saying that he downloaded the files from the
051008 - Web site but when he tried to unzip them, the operating system or the
051009 - pkunzip program returned a message saying the DOS versions are
051010 - incompatible.
051011 -
051012 - The last update was on 980421. ref SDS 5 0000  It and all previous
051013 - updates have been successful.
051014 -
051015 -
051016 -
051017 -  ..
051018 - Re-submitted SDS Program Update - It Failed to Unzip on Wayne's Sys
051019 -
051020 - Since I received Wayne's email in San Francisco, I zipped up another
051021 - set on CPU #8, which is running W95, and sent them via email.
051022 -
051023 - He got them, but sent an email oa 1215 saying that unzip failed.
051024 -
051025 - Seems like Wayne mentioned that he got a new computer about that same
051026 - time, or maybe later.  So it is possible his system needs to be
051027 - configured to accomodate prior versions of DOS.
051028 -
051029 - I called Wayne.  He ran the ver command at a DOS prompt and got a
051030 - slightly different number from the on my computer in San Francisco.
051031 -
051032 - This indicates a setting in his system configuration, or on my
051033 - computer has been established inadvertantly, as part of something
051034 - else, that is blocking the normal operation of pkunzip.  We checked
051035 - the date and size of his file, and it was okay.
051036 -
051037 - Another possibility is that his computer has a virus that got on his
051038 - system since the previous update in April.
051039 -
051040 -  ..
051041 -
051042 - I sent him another copy of the pkunzip program, after testing it on
051043 - my system.  He got the program file, but it also failed.
051044 -
051045 - It appears that we received the current version of pkzip and pkunzip
051046 - on 941219. ref SDS 1 0000  The date of the files we are using is a
051047 - little later, but the sizes are the same.  I think the dates are
051048 - different because I changed the name to z and zu.
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0513 - 1845
0514 -
051401 -  ..
051402 - Solution - send update without zipping
051403 -
051404 - There are very few files that actually need to be updated on Wayne's
051405 - computer.
051406 -
051407 - The last update was on 980428, as recorded in the record for 980421.
051408 - ref SDS 5 0000
051409 -
051410 -    [On 980729 received letter from Wayne that the "save" operation, in
051411 -    the code for the update sent on 980713, failed. ref SDS 24 0000]
051412 -
051413 - I zipped the files for the period from 980428 to today for following
051414 - directories...
051415 -
051416 -                        c: sd 01
051417 -                        c: sd 03
051418 -                        h: sd 05
051419 -
051420 - I deleted the existing files in these directories on e: and then
051421 - unzipped the update files to the e: drive.
051422 -
051423 - I then uploaded these drives to the Web server in the appropriate
051424 - directories.
051425 -
051426 -  ..
051427 - Wayne can download from these directories directly to his computer,
051428 - as follows:
051429 -
051430 -                   ..
051431 -                  Web Server    Wayne's Computer
051432 -                     ----------------
051433 -                      01 04     c: 01 04
051434 -                      sd 01     c: sd 01
051435 -                      sd 03     c: sd 03
051436 -                      sd 04     h: sd 04
051437 -                      sd 05     h: sd 05
051438 -
051439 -    Wayne need not download the files in 01 04, since they are
051440 -    development files.  There are a lot of them because I made a design
051441 -    change to the macro assembler routine that required putting the
051442 -    filename in all of these files.  It may take 20 minutes to download
051443 -    the files in 01 04. If Wayne does not have time to download them
051444 -    now, it can be done at a later time
051445 -
051446 -     ..
051447 -    Instructions to Download
051448 -
051449 -    Download each directory separately, shown above. ref SDS 0 8500
051450 -
051451 -    Use the mouse or ChgDir button on the Ws_ftp program to position
051452 -    the directory so that the file transfer is at the appropriate
051453 -    directory level on the local server, as shown above.
051454 -
051455 -    Use "Binary" option shown on the right side of the transfer screen.
051456 -
051457 -    Call if you need clarification of instructions.
051458 -
051459 -
051460 -  ..
051461 - FTP Upload Failing
051462 -
051463 - Receive error blocking call cancelled!
051464 -
051465 - Started over 4 or 5 times.  The operation uploads 10K or so and then
051466 - stops.
051467 -
051468 -    [On 980713 called vendor at ref SDS 22 0000]
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0516 -
0517 - 2012 called Morris
0518 -
051801 -  ..
051802 - Filenames Longer than 8 Characters Causes Problem Wayne is Having
051803 -
051804 - He said pkunzip can return the message Wayne encountered, if there is
051805 - a file in the zip file that has a filename longer than 8 characters
051806 - or if a file extension is longer than 3 characters.
051807 -
051808 - I checked and did not find any instances of that occurring.  We did
051809 - have a file in the Help directories that had an htm extension, but I
051810 - deleted it the other day, so it is not clear that it could be the
051811 - cause of the problem Wayne had.  Morover it was only in the hs.zip
051812 - file, and so should not have caused a problem with cs.zip.
051813 -
051814 - Think I will try to send Wayne some separate packages to see if we
051815 - can isolate where the failure is occurring.
051816 -
051817 - Actually, seems like Wayne tried to unzip hs.zip and that also
051818 - failed.
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0521 - 0130 complete Update File Transfer
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052201 - As a result of difficulties uploading, I waited until this morning to
052202 - complete the upload.
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