FreeArc

[JangoFatXL]

sounds good, I ould like to see the results

[JangoFatXL]

Hey Bulat, there is another bug, which I forgot to report:

I just wanted to compress a Farcry mod (Pandemie) and I was planning to compare the compression ratio (max settings in Gui) with 7zip.

results
7zip - 533MB
FreeArc 530MB (the $$temparc..)

After compression FreeArc was testing the archive but on completing the testing operation, FA deleted the just created archive! (after 60min work )
I saw that bug several times. I appeares sometimes when you want to compress a big number of files in mx mode. (I dont remember if it appeares in other modes)

Maybe there was an error on the created archive, then I would prefere an errorr message, so that you now what happened...

[Bulat Ziganshin]

if you checked "testing after compression" flag, fa deletes archive if testing was unsuccessful

[JangoFatXL]

i thought that that could be the reason, then I would like to see an error message

[Bulat Ziganshin]

if it was niot crashed trying to show you this error, you should be able to find it in combobox at the bottom of window. that was the last msg there?

[Bulat Ziganshin]

updated http://www.haskell.org/bz/arc1.arc

• GUI: started menu reorganization

[pat357]

updated http://www.haskell.org/bz/arc1.arc

• GUI: started menu reorganization

Good to see the some major improvements for the FA-GUI are coming !
Is the development for the "FA .DLL" (like 7z.dll) still going ?

[Bulat Ziganshin]

idea still alive, but now i work on the things you see here

[Bulat Ziganshin]

updated http://www.haskell.org/bz/arc1.arc

• GUI: Single-click on the empty space at right clears selection, double-click selects all files

[JangoFatXL]

hi Bulat, I have 2 questions:

Will there be support for LZMA2 in FreeArc in the future?

Where are the new words ("commands" etc...) in the arc.language file? I cant find them (for translation).

[Bulat Ziganshin]

Will there be support for LZMA2 in FreeArc in the future?

yes, but not soon. i plan to add full multi-core support to fa, including lzma2 support, due summer

Where are the new words ("commands" etc...) in the arc.language file?

not added yet. new menu system is still wok in progress

[JangoFatXL]

ah, ok

thx for answering

[Shroo]

Hi, I was trying various commands but had no luck to compress a folder

Can you please post a correct command for folder compression!

THANK YOU

[m^2]

With a directory named 'a':
arc a a a

[Shroo]

With a directory named 'a':
arc a a a

arc create -max -xarc.exe data

this is my command I have tried a but with no luck, what am i doing wrong? Can you please correct my command as it should be lets say my directory name is data

[m^2]

arc create -max -xarc.exe data

this is my command I have tried a but with no luck, what am i doing wrong? Can you please correct my command as it should be lets say my directory name is data

You didn't specify archive name.
arc create -max -xarc.exe d data
should be fine.
Also keep in mind that -max uses some external tools (if you have them in your system) and to decompress it you'll need the same tools in the same versions and partially the same arc.ini as well.
-mx doesn't have these drawbacks and that's what I would recommend.

[Shroo]

You didn't specify archive name.
arc create -max -xarc.exe d data
should be fine.
Also keep in mind that -max uses some external tools (if you have them in your system) and to decompress it you'll need the same tools in the same versions and partially the same arc.ini as well.
-mx doesn't have these drawbacks and that's what I would recommend.

Thanks for the tips, so my command now "arc create -mx -xarc.exe d data" I also "arc create -mx -xarc.exe d data/gfx" tried but it still gives me an error that there is no files. I have a folder for the game modd and I need to compress it. IT also has some sub folders so it looks like this. --> Data/gfx <-- and there is all the files inside! This tool is awesome but i cannot get to compress that folder.. getting frustrated but willing to learn

[m^2]

Thanks for the tips, so my command now "arc create -mx -xarc.exe d data" I also "arc create -mx -xarc.exe d data/gfx" tried but it still gives me an error that there is no files. I have a folder for the game modd and I need to compress it. IT also has some sub folders so it looks like this. --> Data/gfx <-- and there is all the files inside! This tool is awesome but i cannot get to compress that folder.. getting frustrated but willing to learn

You should use \ instead of / under Windows, but that's not it, FA is smart enough.
I have no idea what's up, maybe try
arc create -mx -xarc.exe -r d data\gfx\*

[Shroo]

You should use \ instead of / under Windows, but that's not it, FA is smart enough.
I have no idea what's up, maybe try
arc create -mx -xarc.exe -r d data\gfx\*

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, you made my day! I was tingling there on my own for couple of hours.

thanks for all tips and help!

[m^2]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, you made my day! I was tingling there on my own for couple of hours.

thanks for all tips and help!

You're welcome.

[Bulat Ziganshin]

thanks, m^2

arc create -mx -xarc.exe -r d data\gfx\*

this may be reduced to

arc create -mx d data\gfx\

i suggest you to install freearc using full installer for 0.50 version. this will add directory with arc.exe, arc.groups and arc.ini to your PATH and also provide you GUI version of program

[Bulat Ziganshin]

updated http://www.haskell.org/bz/arc1.arc

• GUI: finished main menu reorganization
• GUI: hotkeys for menu commands
• GUI: Windows native Open/Save dialogs
• GUI: search for filename being typed
• GUI: archive comment editing in ArcInfo dialog
• GUI: Ctrl +/-, Alt +/-, Shift +/- for marking files
• GUI: saving order of columns in file list
• Translation: 0093 Avg. size -> 0093 Avg. blocksize
• "lt" command: technical archive listing

[lunaris]

Hello Bulat

I was testing the lastest version of freearc 14 february gnu linux version .Freearc gui crashes after clicking in arcinfo button in a non arc file.

[Bulat Ziganshin]

actually i haven't updated linux version for a long time since there were no users asking for update

i will compile it today

[lunaris]

actually i haven't updated linux version for a long time since there were no users asking for update

i will compile it today

Thanks.

[nanoflooder]

Also with the linux version there were some really annoying issues with CLI version when trying to recursively add files into an archive. It basically didn't work ^^
Something like that:

$ tar -xvzf wine-1.1.5.tar.bz2
$ arc a -m9 -s -dsgen -r wine-1.1.5.arc wine-1.1.5/*

- just hungs at 100% CPU consumption.

[Bulat Ziganshin]

updated http://www.haskell.org/bz/arc1.arc

• translated main menu

linux version: http://www.haskell.org/bz/FreeArc-0....-02-15.tar.bz2
Run "make" or "make local" to install

Please update translations you maintain

arc a -m9 -s -dsgen -r wine-1.1.5.arc wine-1.1.5/*

-m9 may be source of problem. also don't forget to use "" quotes around names with wildcards. i've quickly tested your cmdline - this should work:

arc a -m5 -s -dsgen -r wine-1.1.5.arc "wine-1.1.5/*"

[lunaris]

updated http://www.haskell.org/bz/arc1.arc

• translated main menu

linux version: http://www.haskell.org/bz/FreeArc-0....-02-15.tar.bz2
Run "make" or "make local" to install

Please update translations you maintain




-m9 may be source of problem. also don't forget to use "" quotes around names with wildcards. i've quickly tested your cmdline - this should work:

arc a -m5 -s -dsgen -r wine-1.1.5.arc "wine-1.1.5/*"

Sorry for the delay. I will translate the text.

[JangoFatXL]

hi Bulat,

here is the update of the german translation

PS: I would prefere the "Refresh" button instead of "Encrypt" in main window, wihich is without icon at the moment

[JangoFatXL]

hey guys that looks interesting

http://encode.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=279