Hello @Mili,
thanks for your help in getting my PowerArchiver CommandLine license (Re: License Code Not Working / Missing) and sorry for my late reply. I do check my spam folder regularly and couldn’t find a mail from support. Also, there was no mail in my backups or any mention of it in my email logs.
I have a question regarding my licenses in the hope you are able to help me:
While my account lists “PowerArchiver Select - lifetime free upgrades and support for PowerArchiver Toolbox English - Count 2”, this does not apply for PACL, which was included with my purchase. My account shows only PowerArchiver Select - 12 months of upgrades and support for PowerArchiver Command Line - Single User License.
Since PACL was included with PowerArchiver Toolbox, shouldn’t PACL also come with a lifetime license for 2 PCs?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Version:
PACL 9.00 Beta 2
What’s New since version PACL 7:
Updated to PowerArchiver 2017 engine
Fully unicode interface
RAR v5 (v4) support
PAE2 support
Latest format support and all the various engine updates done in PA 2017.
Full support for .PA format with many different options and switches.
Download:
http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2017/PACL900-170429.EXE
Due to the support of new PA format and all the changes needed for that support, we decided to move up version number to PACL 9. This is purely cosmetical - companies who purchased PACL8, have PACL9 now added to their orders. Users who have free upgrades for PACL8, now have PACL9 added as free upgrade (Business users with active select (pro/tbx), all personal users (pro/tbx).
Since we are finalizing PA 2017, we can also now spend a lot more time on PACL9.
Please check your bugs, and check .PA support as well.
Thank you! @Alpha-Testers
PA Team
ConeXware, Inc.
My OS: Windows XP Home Edition, SP3
The version number and date of the program: PowerArchiver Command Line v9.00b [Feb 23 2019]
The program not extracts one self-extracting file.
How to reproduce the problem
Download the SFX file by link: install.exe
Copy the “install.exe” file into the same location as the program is located.
Go to the DOS prompt. Make your PACL location the default drive.
If it is on the E drive enter the command E: and press enter. Replace “E:” with the appropriate drive letter.
Enter command cd e:<path name> to go to the location where the program resides.
Enter command:
paext32 -o+ -p"install" "install.exe"
As a result, the “install” directory will not be created and no
files will be extracted.
The “install.exe” file may be damaged but if you use a program such as 7-Zip or PeaZip to extract the files, the extraction process is successful. I want the PACL to also unpack such a file.
This problem is very critical for me. I often come across this. I do not want to resort to using other compression program.
… Michael
Version:
PACL 8.00 Beta 1
Whats New:
Updated to PowerArchiver 2016 engine
Fully unicode interface
RAR v5 (v4) support
PAE2 support
Latest format support such as improved ZIPX, ISO, etc, etc, etc.
Download:
http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2016/pacl800b1.exe
Please test it against your existing scripts and let us know. There will be some features added in future release as well as more testing.
This is first release, please test. Thank you!
Hi,
I’ve made changes to fix some problems with PAConv.bat:
1. Replaced the “” by () in the first two lines, so that it’ll work with command line arguments in quotation marks
2. Replaced deltree with rmdir, since deltree is unknown at least in Windows XP and later
3. Also replaced the del command, which left an empty $PATEMP$ directory with rmdir
4. Changed $PATEMP$ to “%TEMP%$PATEMP$.%time::=%”, so that no write privileges are needed in the current directory as the users Temp directory is used and that more operations will work simultaneous, as long as they are not started at the very same time.
5. Changed %n to “%~n” to allow parameters with spaces and quotation marks
if (%1)==() goto help
if (%2)==() goto help
SET PATMPDIR=%TEMP%\$PATEMP$.%time::=%
if exist "%PATMPDIR%" rmdir /s /q "%PATMPDIR%"
mkdir "%PATMPDIR%"
paext -e -d -p"%PATMPDIR%" "%~1"
echo.
pacomp -a -r -p -w "%~2" "%PATMPDIR%\*.*"
echo.
rmdir /s /q "%PATMPDIR%"
SET PATMPDIR=
I spent many hours trying to figure out how to use PACOMP to add about 50 Gb to a spanned 7z archive with AES256 encryption, and have yet to be successful.
I’ve tried every combination of switches I can think of, with no success. Can someone offer a combination of switches that is known to work for this kind of task?
All I have been able to make is a set of spanned files that PA cannot open.
Hi
I am trying to understand what is default encryption method for PACOMP -fips command?
And what is the difference if you specify encryption method using e[0,1,2] command?
Using only FIPS:
pacomp -a -ssecret -fips -p stuff.bh “c:\my stuff*.*”
FIPS combined with e2
pacomp -a -ssecret -fips -e2 -p stuff.bh “c:\my stuff*.*”
Hi All
I have archive that holds password protected, encrypted data which is created using something like this:
C:\Temp\ZipTest>pacomp -a -spassword -fips -e2 archive.zip "C:\Temp\ZipTest" -x"C:\Temp\ZipTest\ReadMe.txt"
Then I add regular file into that archive which is not encrypted and not password protected. “ReamMe.txt” sort of file. Using command below.
C:\Temp\ZipTest>pacomp -a archive.zip "C:\Temp\ZipTest\ReadMe.txt"
Now when I extract this archive using:
paext -spassword -p"C:\ZipTest\Temp" archive.zip
Everything extracts correctly except for ReadMe.txt file. File is present but content is empty.
I get following
error: extracting: ReadMe.txt --> CRC ERROR! [100%]
How can I extract archive without corruption ReadMe.txt file?
Does PA (preferably the CL version) have the facility to archive files based on an age?
(I want to be able to move a quantity of files out of a folder and into an archive if (and only if) they’re over 35 days old.
I have an ancient copy of ARJ that can do this (via the -odb switch) but I’d like to use PA, and can’t work out if it’s possible.
Hi in pacomp.vbs by Micke how to preserve the folders structure of the files to compress.:confused: because just compress the files not the folder structure of each file.
thanks
'*******************************************************************
'* PACOMP.vbs
'* @author: Micke
'* @hist 2010-02-26 CREATED:Script for compress multiple file types
'* @hist 2010-03-01 BUGFIX: Space in path or filename resulted in
'* no archive was created.
'*
'* Script for compress multiple file types
'*
'* Usage: cscript PACOMP.vbs ArchiveName.extension DrivePath
'* Example1: cscript PACOMP.vbs C:\Temp\MyArchive.zip D:
'* Example2: cscript PACOMP.vbs C:\Temp\MyArchive.zip D:\Temp
'*
'*******************************************************************
Option Explicit
'Variables
Dim FSO, objDir, aList, FileExtension, ArchiveName, DrivePath
Dim aFile, aItem, strCompressionString, WshShell
'Constants (Change path to your own enviroment)
Const PACOMP = "C:\Programs\PACL\PACOMP.exe"
'Check number of arguments
If WScript.Arguments.Count <> 2 Then
WScript.Echo "Usage: cscript PACOMP.vbs ArchiveName.extension DrivePath"
WScript.Echo "Example 1: cscript PACOMP.vbs C:\Temp\MyArchive.zip D:"
WScript.Echo "Example 2: cscript PACOMP.vbs C:\Temp\MyArchive.zip D:\Temp"
WScript.Quit
End If
'Create the FileSystemObject
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create the ShellObject
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'Get data from the Arguments
ArchiveName = WScript.Arguments.Item(0)
DrivePath = WScript.Arguments.Item(1)
'Get the Folders for the DrivePath
Set objDir = FSO.GetFolder(DrivePath)
'Create a Array with Fileextensions for the archive, change to your enviroment
aList = Array("png", "jpg", "avi")
'Search through the folders
SearchFolders(objDir)
'Sub for Searching recursive in Folders
Sub SearchFolders(pstrCurrentPath)
For Each aFile In pstrCurrentPath.Files
For Each FileExtension In aList
If FileExtension = LCase(Right(CStr(aFile.Name), 3)) Then
AddFileToArchive aFile.Path
End If
Next
Next
For Each aItem In pstrCurrentPath.SubFolders
SearchFolders(aItem)
Next
End Sub
Sub AddFileToArchive(pstrFileName)
'Create the string with parameters for PACOMP
strCompressionString = PACOMP & " -a -P " & Chr(34) & ArchiveName & Chr(34) & " " & Chr(34) & pstrFileName & Chr(34)
WScript.Echo strCompressionString
WshShell.Run strCompressionString, 0, True
End Sub
Problem archiving from shares between 4.01 and 6.01
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That’s correct. From what I can see PACL 6.02 behave and stores the path exactly the same as PACL 6.01.
Now usually this is not a problem as long as the paths are different in the list file. In these test only the sharename is different resulting in a problem when the rest of the path is exactly the same.
Personally I would like to have a parameter when using PACOMP that says store the <machinename>\ <sharename>in the path when creating archive. If the parameter isn’t used, then the result would be as it is now without storing <machinename>\ <sharename>in the path.
Kind Regards
Micke</sharename></machinename></sharename></machinename> -
Couldn’t you just treat the <machinename>and <sharename>as folders when in the zip? That way you wouldn’t need a parameter and would be compatible with all archive types. That would be cleaner.</sharename></machinename>
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thats how it is usually done - as part of the path, but it should be optional since not everyone wants to have it… it is drive letter and network share.
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it is drive letter and network share.
I don’t understand what you mean by this. Can you give me an example?
Thanks.
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Hi!
This is only my personal rendering of what spwolf wrote, so I may be wrong about this.
There are two occasions when this would be nice to have as an option- When you have 2 different driveletters with the same path in the list file. Something like this
P:\PACL_Test\Foldertest\*.* Q:\PACL_Test\Foldertest\*.* ```Since the path is exactly the same except for the drive letter the result will be the same as we have created using \\<machinename>\<sharename>\ 2) When you have 2 different sharenames with the same path in the list file. Something like this\TestPC\Public\PACL_Test\Foldertest*.*
\TestPC\Install\PACL_Test\Foldertest*.*Micke</sharename></machinename> -
Micke, have you tried this in PACL 7.01 Beta?
How is it there? -
Micke, have you tried this in PACL 7.01 Beta?
How is it there?No I haven’t tested this yet, but I can do some tests of it tonight.
The version I have is PACL 7.00 b1, but you talk about 7.01 beta. Does this mean there’s a 7.01 beta version avaliable?
Kind Regards
Micke -
Sorry, type-o on my end. 7.00b is the only one available.
Thanks! -
ok, so there will be -PP parameter now that will store drive/share names as well.
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Hello!
This is the result from testing creation of archive using \machinename\sharename.Version tested: PACL 7.00 RC1
OS Version: Windows 7 Ent. Ed. 64-bitContent of Listfile_Machine.txt
\\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\*.* \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\*.*Then test creation of archive:
C:\Programs\NewTest>pacomp -a -r -PP Test_PACOMP_MachineShare.zip @Listfile_Mach ines.txt PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) Version 7.00 [Mar 22 2012] Copyright(c) 1998-2012 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Shareware Version Remainder: This is unregistered version of PACL. Please register at http://www.p owerarchiver.com Press <enter>to continue. Archive Compression Utility -- ZIP,ZIPX,7-ZIP,CAB,LHA,BH,JAR,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2 Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com Email: support@conexware.com Archive: C:\Programs\NewTest\Test_PACOMP_MachineShare.zip preparing to compress... adding: \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F1\FILE2.TXT --> Done. [9%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F1\FILE3.TXT --> Done. [13%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F1\FILE1.BAT --> Done. [19%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F2\FILE2.TXT --> Done. [29%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F2\FILE3.TXT --> Done. [32%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.BAT --> Done. [38%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\MANUAL.TXT --> Done. [48%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.TXT --> Done. [54%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F2\FILE2.BAT --> Done. [63%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F2\AILE3.TXT --> Done. [67%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.zip --> Done. [70%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F1\FILE3.BAT --> Done. [74%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F1\FILE1.BAT --> Done. [84%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F1\FILE2.TXT --> Done. [90%] adding: \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\MANUAL.TXT --> Done. [100%] All OK C:\Programs\NewTest></enter>Everything looks normal, now lets the the content of the created archive Test_PACOMP_MachineShare.zip
C:\Programs\NewTest>paext -v Test_PACOMP_MachineShare.zip PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) Version 7.00 [Mar 22 2012] Copyright(c) 1998-2012 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Shareware Version Remainder: This is unregistered version of PACL. Please register at http://www.p owerarchiver.com Press <enter>to continue. Archive Extr.---ZIP,ZIPX,7Z,CAB,LHA,ARJ,RAR,ACE,TAR,GZ,BZ2,UUE,ZOO,B64,YENC,... Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com Email: support@conexware.com Archive --> C:\Programs\NewTest\Test_PACOMP_MachineShare.zip [ZIP ] Name Length Method Ratio Size Date & Time CRC-32 ------------ -------- -------- ----- -------- ------------------- -------- \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F1\FILE2.TXT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F1\FILE3.TXT 5551 DFLT-N 66% 1915 02-07-2010 01:19:20 cbe8bb0a \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F1\FILE1.BAT 8230 DFLT-N 72% 2308 02-07-2010 01:18:18 716a3163 \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F2\FILE2.TXT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F2\FILE3.TXT 5551 DFLT-N 66% 1915 02-07-2010 01:19:20 cbe8bb0a \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.BAT 8230 DFLT-N 72% 2308 02-07-2010 01:18:18 716a3163 \\192.168.0.19\Public\PACL_Test\MANUAL.TXT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.TXT 8230 DFLT-N 72% 2308 02-07-2010 01:18:18 716a3163 \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F2\FILE2.BAT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F2\AILE3.TXT 5551 DFLT-N 66% 1915 02-07-2010 01:19:20 cbe8bb0a \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.zip 4406 DFLT-N 1% 4377 03-13-2010 20:44:16 e555fa01 \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F1\FILE3.BAT 5551 DFLT-N 66% 1915 02-07-2010 01:19:20 cbe8bb0a \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F1\FILE1.BAT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\F1\FILE2.TXT 8230 DFLT-N 72% 2308 02-07-2010 01:18:18 716a3163 \\192.168.0.19\Install\PACL_Test\MANUAL.TXT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c ------------ -------- -------- ----- -------- ------------------- -------- *Totals 15 142642 69% 44093 03-29-2012 22:04:06 C:\Programs\NewTest></enter>Test Result: Success
Kind Regards
Micke -
Hello again!
Time for the same test again, but instead I will use 2 different network driveletters with the same path except for the driveletter.Version tested: PACL 7.00 RC1
OS Version: Windows 7 Ent. Ed. 64-bitContent of Listfile_Machines_Drive.txt
P:\PACL_Test\*.* Q:\PACL_Test\*.*Then test creation of archive
C:\Programs\NewTest>pacomp -a -r -PP Test_PACOMP_MachineShare_Drive.zip @Listfil e_Machines_Drive.txt PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) Version 7.00 [Mar 22 2012] Copyright(c) 1998-2012 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Shareware Version Remainder: This is unregistered version of PACL. Please register at http://www.p owerarchiver.com Press <enter>to continue. Archive Compression Utility -- ZIP,ZIPX,7-ZIP,CAB,LHA,BH,JAR,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2 Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com Email: support@conexware.com Archive: C:\Programs\NewTest\Test_PACOMP_MachineShare_Drive.zip preparing to compress... adding: P:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE2.TXT --> Done. [9%] adding: P:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE3.TXT --> Done. [13%] adding: P:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE1.BAT --> Done. [19%] adding: P:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE2.TXT --> Done. [29%] adding: P:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE3.TXT --> Done. [32%] adding: P:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.BAT --> Done. [38%] adding: P:\PACL_Test\MANUAL.TXT --> Done. [48%] adding: Q:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.TXT --> Done. [54%] adding: Q:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE2.BAT --> Done. [63%] adding: Q:\PACL_Test\F2\AILE3.TXT --> Done. [67%] adding: Q:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.zip --> Done. [70%] adding: Q:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE3.BAT --> Done. [74%] adding: Q:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE1.BAT --> Done. [84%] adding: Q:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE2.TXT --> Done. [90%] adding: Q:\PACL_Test\MANUAL.TXT --> Done. [100%] All OK C:\Programs\NewTest></enter>Everything looks normal, now lets the the content of the created archive Test_PACOMP_MachineShare_Drive.zip
C:\Programs\NewTest>paext -v Test_PACOMP_MachineShare_Drive.zip PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) Version 7.00 [Mar 22 2012] Copyright(c) 1998-2012 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Shareware Version Remainder: This is unregistered version of PACL. Please register at http://www.p owerarchiver.com Press <enter>to continue. Archive Extr.---ZIP,ZIPX,7Z,CAB,LHA,ARJ,RAR,ACE,TAR,GZ,BZ2,UUE,ZOO,B64,YENC,... Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com Email: support@conexware.com Archive --> C:\Programs\NewTest\Test_PACOMP_MachineShare_Drive.zip [ZIP ] Name Length Method Ratio Size Date & Time CRC-32 ------------ -------- -------- ----- -------- ------------------- -------- P:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE2.TXT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c P:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE3.TXT 5551 DFLT-N 66% 1915 02-07-2010 01:19:20 cbe8bb0a P:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE1.BAT 8230 DFLT-N 72% 2308 02-07-2010 01:18:18 716a3163 P:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE2.TXT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c P:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE3.TXT 5551 DFLT-N 66% 1915 02-07-2010 01:19:20 cbe8bb0a P:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.BAT 8230 DFLT-N 72% 2308 02-07-2010 01:18:18 716a3163 P:\PACL_Test\MANUAL.TXT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c Q:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.TXT 8230 DFLT-N 72% 2308 02-07-2010 01:18:18 716a3163 Q:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE2.BAT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c Q:\PACL_Test\F2\AILE3.TXT 5551 DFLT-N 66% 1915 02-07-2010 01:19:20 cbe8bb0a Q:\PACL_Test\F2\FILE1.zip 4406 DFLT-N 1% 4377 03-13-2010 20:44:16 e555fa01 Q:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE3.BAT 5551 DFLT-N 66% 1915 02-07-2010 01:19:20 cbe8bb0a Q:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE1.BAT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c Q:\PACL_Test\F1\FILE2.TXT 8230 DFLT-N 72% 2308 02-07-2010 01:18:18 716a3163 Q:\PACL_Test\MANUAL.TXT 13852 DFLT-N 76% 3384 02-07-2010 01:20:02 84dfe51c ------------ -------- -------- ----- -------- ------------------- -------- *Totals 15 142642 70% 43477 03-29-2012 22:15:58 C:\Programs\NewTest></enter>Test Result: Success
Very good work on PACL 7.00. Looks like this is working as expected now.
Kind Regards
Micke
