Problem with unzip

[fishman@panix.com]

With PKUnzip an argument of "-o *" will open all files in the directory with .zip extensions without complaining about overwriting. I expected "unzip /o *" to do the same, but I get a nastygram about an invalid argument. I really do not see what I am doing wrong. Where am I going astray?

 

[rconn]

> With PKUnzip an argument of "-o *" will open all files in the
> directory with .zip extensions without complaining about overwriting.
> I expected > "unzip /o *" to do the same, but I get a nastygram about
> an invalid > argument. I really do not see what I am doing wrong.
> Where am I going astray?

You're going astray by using another program's syntax and expecting it to
work in TCC despite the lack of any documentation to support that syntax!
:-)

UNZIP in TCC does not support wildcards for the .zip file name.

Rex Conn
JP Software

 

[drrob1]

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rconn wrote:

> ---Quote---
>> With PKUnzip an argument of "-o *" will open all files in the
>> directory with .zip extensions without complaining about overwriting.
>> I expected > "unzip /o *" to do the same, but I get a nastygram about
>> an invalid > argument. I really do not see what I am doing wrong.
>> Where am I going astray?
> ---End Quote---
> You're going astray by using another program's syntax and expecting it to
> work in TCC despite the lack of any documentation to support that syntax!
> :-)
>
> UNZIP in TCC does not support wildcards for the .zip file name.
>

I'm sure the same effect could be done w/ a do or for loop. Though I am
not familiar enough w/ these to write the code
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[fishman@panix.com]

You're going astray by using another program's syntax and expecting it to
work in TCC despite the lack of any documentation to support that syntax!
:-)

UNZIP in TCC does not support wildcards for the .zip file name.

Rex Conn
JP Software

Then I find the help file for UNZIP to be extremely misleading as it says

File Selection

Supports extended wildcards and multiple file names.


Harvey

 

[rconn]

And it does, but only for the filename arguments, not the .zip file.

Rex Conn
JP Software