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   Message 454 of 1,512   
   Hunter to Edmund   
   Re: Zip problem   
   12 Jun 04 20:47:20   
   
   From: hunterg0000@yahoo.com   
      
   ZIP format doesn't support the same file or a combination of file/path   
   existing more than once in an archive.  Use gzip or RAR to fix this.   
      
   Edmund wrote:   
      
   >   
   > While I was cleaning up my system ( after one of my Hdisks crashed ) I   
   > noticed a strange thing. I tried to zip my entire home directory. It   
   > started to work and after a wile nothing was zipped!?   
   >   
   > Why not? is there some known problem with the size or the number of files   
   > to be zipped?   
   >   
   > I divided my home dir in three parts, zipped all three of them no problem   
   > but I like to know what is wrong here. BeOS 5.0 Pro   
   >   
   > Thanks   
      
   --   
   ~hunter (hunterg0000@yahoo.com)   
      
      
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