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satisfactionsap YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	unzipping gunzip Jun 28^th, 2006 at 3:44pm Hi Can watchdirectory unzip files with .gz extentions. (gunzip files) Thanks
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Re: unzipping gunzip
Reply #1 - Jun 29^th, 2006 at 4:24am

Hi,

At the moment, WD (the AutoUnzip plugin) does not directly support .gz files. However, if you use the "automatically run a .bat file" plugin, and have a commandline decompressor for .gz files, it should be easy enough to support it.
Do you have a url for a commandline gz uncompress tool, then I will create a script for you?

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satisfactionsap YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: unzipping gunzip Reply #2 - Jul 3^rd, 2006 at 4:52am hi gert the url i have it http://www.gzip.org/ it has lots of info. If this works ie. if the wd can automatically unzip .gz files then i want to buy the software...because i need to use it for a longer period of time...on one of my projects.. thanks
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Reply #3 - Jul 3^rd, 2006 at 11:25pm

Okay,

Try the following .bat file
Code:

SET TARGETDIR=D:\Target
SET TARGETDRIVE=D:
SET GZ=E:\Bin\gzip.exe

rem create the target directory, in case it doesn't exist yet
MD "%TARGETDIR%"
rem if the gz file was found in a directory below the monitored dir create a corresponding sub-directory
IF "%WD_RELDIR%" NEQ "" (
  TARGETDIR=%TARGETDIR%\%WD_RELDIR%
	MD "%TARGETDIR%"
)

rem create a sub-directory with the same base-name as the gz file
SET TARGETDIR=%TARGETDIR%\%WD_FILE_N%
MD "%TARGETDIR%"
rem make the target drive and directory current
"%TARGETDRIVE%"
CD "%TARGETDIR%"

rem unzip the new file
"%GZ%" -d "%WD_FILE%"

make the needed changes to the first 3 lines (where to find gzip.exe and where to uncompress the files).

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satisfactionsap YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: unzipping gunzip Reply #4 - Jul 5^th, 2006 at 3:55am Hi Gert I am a bit confused. Do i have to make changes in the watchDirectory\plugins\wdopAutoRunBat\templates directory. PLease explain more to me please. cheers
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Re: unzipping gunzip
Reply #5 - Jul 5^th, 2006 at 4:16am

Hi once again

There are 3 types of files in the "\watchDirectory\plugins\wdopAutoRunBat\templates" directory. Can you please advise me if i have to make some changes here. ALso there is a "\watchDirectory\plugins\wdopAutoUnzip" directory, is there any changes to ba made here...also when using the wizard in the "new task" which option should i choose to decompress the .gz files. Is it still:
"Automatically decompress ZIP files"? Please help me here. WHere does the code you gave me go exactly and what name should the batch file be?

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Reply #6 - Jul 5^th, 2006 at 8:32am

Sorry for the confusion.
You should create a file called AutoUngzip.bat (the extension IS important) using a text editor (notepad), save it anywhere you like on the local computer (not on a network). For example C:\Bin\AutoUngzip.bat.

Now create a new watchDirectory task and use the "Automatically run an existing .bat file" plugin (see http://www.watchdirectory.net/wdhelp/plugins/wdopAutoRunBat.html ), and select the C:\Bin\AutoUngzip.bat.

Does that make sense?

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Re: unzipping gunzip
Reply #7 - Jul 6^th, 2006 at 5:55am

HI gert

sorry stupid me...i overlooked that the code you gave me has to be modified to set a target folder...it all works fine but for the main problem...wd is not able to unzpi the .gz file but just creates a folder in the targer dir but does not actually have the file in it.
its a .dat file which is gzipped. but there is not .dat file in the folder.

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Re: unzipping gunzip
Reply #8 - Jul 6^th, 2006 at 6:33am

hi gert

after looking at the wd log file

the get the following error.

"...\gzipd\xxx.dat.gz:no such file or dir", where xxx is the file name to be uncompressed and gzipd is the folder that is trigerred.
for the dir which is being watched by wd.

i think its to do with the gunzip part of the code.

also i have downloaded a gzip.exe from the following site:
http://www.stallion.com.au/html/download/utilities.html

and the gzip.exe file is stored in c:\Bin

however when i use gzip32.exe it works but the file is unzipped and replaces the zipped file in the source dir (wd dir which is being watched) and in the target dir, only a folder is created with the same name. There is no file inside it.

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Gert YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2381 The Netherlands	Re: unzipping gunzip Reply #9 - Jul 6^th, 2006 at 9:23am Can you send me the .dat.gz file so I can experiment with it? See my signature for my email address. Gert
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