XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
   > Herbert Kleebauer  wrote:   
   > > On 1/26/2026 10:27 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > > > On 2026-01-26 22:07, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:   
   > >   
   > > >> A few days ago I exported a >500 MByte chat. I saved it locally on the   
   > > >> phone and then transferred the zip file to the PC with ftp (using   
   > > >> "primitive ftpd" on the phone and "Windows Explorer" on the PC) . I   
   > >   
   > > > What format has the chat?   
   > >   
   > > The chat is exported as a zip file. It contains the chat as .txt   
   > > file (utf-8 including smileys.) and all pictures, videos, pdfs etc.   
   > > in the original format.   
   >   
   >   I did a test for one Chat/person. I got the .txt file with the text of   
   > the messages (with the smileys, etc.), pictures (.jpg), audio (.opus),   
   > videos (.mp4), but did *not* get PDFs (there should be two).   
   >   
   >   For a PDF, the ,txt file says   
   >   
   > 8/27/25, 20:30 - Frank Slootweg: DOC-20250827-WA0004. (file attached)   
   >   
   > but the file is not included in the .zip file. N.B. in the above line it   
   > looks like the file does not have an extension (which would be a   
   > problem), but the file in the original chat *is* a PDF and is opened by   
   > for example the (Google) 'Drive PDF Viewer. But also in that viewer, the   
   > name is shown without an extension: "DOC-20250827-WA0004." (note the dot   
   > at the end). So something is fishy.   
      
     The missing PDF mystery is solved!   
      
     I was again thinking about the missing extension and especially about   
   the dot at the end of the filename.   
      
     It turns out that (Windows) File Explorer does not show such files. I   
   opened the .zip file with the 7-Zip program and lo and behold there   
   were the 'missing' files! I just clicked on them and (Google) Chrome was   
   quite happy to open them, never mind the missing extension.   
      
   >   Also that PDF was attached to a small message and that message   
   > ("Huisregels Dutch GP") is not in the .txt file. Very strange!   
      
     This *is* still a mystery, because that text should be in the .txt   
   file, but isn't (and it's also not in the PDF).   
      
   >   Other than these two missing PDFs, the .zip file seems to contain   
   > everything.   
   >   
   >   BUT, as I think Carlos hinted at, if a message contains a quote of an   
   > earlier message (as we do on Usenet), the quote is not in the .txt file,   
   > only the response is. So something like   
   >   
   > "Yes"   
   >   
   > and then you have to guess to what the "Yes" applies. This particular   
   > chat had two of these missing quotes.   
   >   
   >   Bottom line: Somewhat useful, but not very much.   
      
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