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Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 2003 12:00:47 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: system backup zip suggestions ?

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> >But this fails: unzip -d C:\ BACKUP.ZIP
>
> It will work if you change this to:
>
> unzip BACKUP.ZIP -d C:\

Well I'll be. Yup, seems to work just fine now. :)

> >Apparently UNZIP doesn't allow absolute paths either.
>
> Why would you assume such a silly thing?

I assumed it 'cause I couldn't get it to work. That's my answer and I'm
stuck with it.

> How do you think everyone else manages
> to restore to an absolute path?

You mean everyone except UniMaint? They use -d. They even put it in
the right place.

> Also, the Unimaint snippets I posted
> clearly show restores to absolute paths.

No, they use -j. They throw away the paths in the zip file and then
specify the restore path.

> Have you tried building the [supplemental backup]
> .CMD files after viewing the file list?

Still doesn't work.

> Regarding your inability to build the supplemental backup
> and restore CMD files,
> -- as you might suspect, it's not a problem I've ever had.
> -- Take a look at the Desktop Defaults dialog. Perhaps
> the error is a side effect of some other problem.
> -- Try emptying the existing Supplemental File list and
> starting over.
> -- You know, it's possible the list was empty and Larry
> initialized it to contain what you saw when you opened
> up the list.

It never occurred to me to look in Desktop -> Defaults. The reason
you're so valuable with these kinds of things is you have a photographic
memory and remember stuff exists and where it's located. I can't even
remember which attorney is handling what.

Your idea of playing with the Supplemental File list until it starts
working is a good one and I'll do so, but later.

Thanks.

- Peter

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