Forum .LRN Q&A: File storage archive download

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1: File storage archive download
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 01/13/07 08:42 AM
Is there a reason that the default file storage archive download still is a .tgz archive instead of a ZIP one? This is confusing for users and you have to change it to .zip all the time manually.

Could we change the default to ZIP?

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2: Re: File storage archive download (response to 1)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 01/13/07 08:53 AM
Note that we need to have "ZIP" installed anyway due to the fact that we allow unzipping files which user uploads. And it basicly brings uploading and downloading out of sync (you should upload a ZIP file but you will download a .tgz file).
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3: Re: File storage archive download (response to 1)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 01/13/07 09:04 AM
The change in file storage would be to set the default for AchiveCommand to "/usr/bin/zip -r {out_file} {in_file}", change the ArchiveExtension to ".zip", change the unzip binary to "/usr/bin/unzip" and add "zip / unzip" to the list of required software (optional) upon installation of OpenACS.
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4: Re: File storage archive download (response to 1)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 01/13/07 10:25 AM
And here is a script to upgrade:

update apm_parameters set default_value = 'zip' where parameter_name = 'ArchiveExtension';
update apm_parameters set default_value = '/usr/bin/zip -r {out_file} {in_file}' where parameter_name = 'ArchiveCommand';
update apm_parameter_values set attr_value = '/usr/bin/zip -r {out_file} {in_file}' where parameter_id = (select parameter_id from apm_parameters where parameter_name = 'ArchiveExtension');
update apm_parameter_values set attr_value = 'zip' where parameter_id = (select parameter_id from apm_parameters where parameter_name = 'ArchiveCommand');

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5: Re: File storage archive download (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 01/13/07 03:59 PM
Hi Malte,

I thought I had fixed that ages ago. You are right, now user knows what to do with a tgz file anyway.

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6: Re: File storage archive download (response to 5)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 01/14/07 12:05 PM
Well, you did not. should it be committed then ?
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7: Re: File storage archive download (response to 6)
Posted by Emmanuelle Raffenne on 01/15/07 11:43 AM
IMO, it should be committed.

Thanks Malte.