Zipping Files Where do they go to?
Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Zipping Files Where do they go to?
started by: jnymris
Posted by jnymris on June 22 2007,21:31
Hey after right clicking on a folder and compressing it. I typed in the name which i wanted it to be called, then it's not in the same directary, does it change or whts going on? i want me files so i can store them in a save place (in my www root so i can download them on another computer)
Posted by u2musicmike on June 23 2007,14:25
What program are you using? I didn't have that option in emelfm. Maybe you can do a search on your new archive name.
Posted by jnymris on June 23 2007,17:21
elf-fm as root,How do u Search for a file?
How would i .zip a file using the Termial
u should be able to pack something
right click on a folder -> Plugins -> Pack then change the extenison to .zip
This is very important for backing up very important data.
Posted by lucky13 on June 23 2007,17:36
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| How do u Search for a file? |
There are a number of tools at your disposal, but the easiest will probably be GTKFind. You should be able to find it in your menu under "find."
I don't know why you'd want to change the extension to zip since existing file associations in emelfm are very specific. The extensions available by default are tar.gz and tar.bz2 (iirc). You can zip files -- and that's added to the file associations -- by using the 7zip extension.
Renaming a tar.gz file with zip isn't going to work unless you set up a new file association that does what's already configured.
Posted by jnymris on June 23 2007,19:47
| Quote (lucky13 @ June 23 2007,13:36) |
| I don't know why you'd want to change the extension to zip |
I require to change the extension to zip because i want to store them on my windows computer and need to be able to read them, using winrar. Hope this isn't a problem. Search feature? I'll have a luk for that
EDIT
tried gtkfind but it found nothing i kept getting random locations. and messages saying permission denided. i only want me compressed file, anyway i could type in where to place it when i give it a name? on creation?
Posted by mikshaw on June 23 2007,20:13
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| I require to change the extension to zip because i want to store them on my windows computer and need to be able to read them, using winrar. |
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| anyway i could type in where to place it when i give it a name? on creation? |
I couldn't say for sure, though. I don't know anything about emelfm
Posted by jnymris on June 23 2007,20:22
| Quote (mikshaw @ June 23 2007,16:13) |
| If you change the extension to zip, you might actually be creating a problem, since the type of compression used is different. |
well after compressing it to a .tar.gz file it worked fine and since winrar opens them mission complete
Thanks 
i'll jsut stick to doing that I mean like that way i can host them on my linux box and download them on my windows for back-ups thank you so much
and thanks to EVERYONe that helped
Posted by jpeters on June 24 2007,05:50
| Quote (jnymris @ June 23 2007,16:22) |
| I mean like that way i can host them on my linux box and download them on my windows for back-ups |
Check out the "June extensions" thread in "The Testing Area"; there's a lot on backups, including a script.
Posted by Juanito on June 24 2007,06:39
...and WinZip (11.0) can read .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 files on my W2K machine
Posted by lucky13 on June 24 2007,14:39
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| messages saying permission denided |
Looks like the zip stuff is sorted out, but for future reference you can just run gtkfind using sudo from a terminal:
sudo gtkfind & exit
Then just use the wildcard search for *.zip (if I read your earlier question the way you meant it).
BTW, none of my Windows archive utilities -- winrar, 7zip, winzip -- have any problem with tar.gz or tar.bz2:
< http://www.rarlab.com/otherfmt.htm >
Posted by jpeters on June 24 2007,17:55
| Quote (lucky13 @ June 24 2007,10:39) |
| just run gtkfind using sudo from a terminal: sudo gtkfind & exit |
Very cool.... why the "& exit" though, which just immediately closes the terminal window?
Posted by lucky13 on June 24 2007,18:05
You can just enter the command and leave the terminal running if you want. It will print out any error or other messages. Leaving the ampersand will allow you to continue using the terminal window to launch other applications. Just entering the command without the ampersand ties the terminal to that one application and uses memory for both the application and the terminal window. Just a matter of personal preference.
Posted by jpeters on June 24 2007,20:06
Thanks for the tip about the "&" (I used to just open a new term window). For some reason the terminal window closed before loading gtkfind, but now seems to be working.