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    • spwolfS Offline
      spwolf conexware
      last edited by

      micke try c1 or c2 and see how it goes…

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        spwolf conexware
        last edited by

        @Halvar:

        Sorry if this was answered before but I couldn’t find anything.

        I have to create ZIP files on a regular basis that must be encrypted with a pssword. This password contains special characters, and especially the double quote ".

        taking aa"a as an example password, my command line would be something like

        pacomp -a -saa"a -e2 -p myfile.zip myfile.txt

        … but this doesn’t work because the quotation mark is interpreted as the beginning of a string.

        I tried escaping the " sign with “”, " and ^", but nothing of this works (in fact, with “”, pacomp created a file but with the password aaa instead of aa"a ). :(

        Any advice? Thanks!

        Thanks - Mili will write it up for upcoming release…

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        • M Offline
          Mili conexware
          last edited by

          got it, thanks Halvar!!

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          • MickeM Offline
            Micke Alpha Testers @spwolf
            last edited by

            Hi!

            @spwolf:

            micke try c1 or c2 and see how it goes…

            I don’t know what that parameter (c1, c2) does :p. Anyway I think I have found the problem now.

            First without the -e parameter

            D:\PACL_Test>pacomp -a -p -ssecret TestPassword.zip Logfile.log
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 6.01       [Feb 07 2010]
Copyright(c) 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
This product is licensed to:
Archive Compression Utility -- ZIP,ZIPX,7-ZIP,CAB,LHA,BH,JAR,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2
  Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com  Email: support@conexware.com

Archive: D:\PACL_Test\TestPassword.zip
  preparing to compress...
  adding: Logfile.log   --> Done. [100%]

All OK

D:\PACL_Test>

            Then I try extract the created archive using the same password

            D:\PACL_Test>paext -e -ssecret TestPassword.zip
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 6.01       [Feb 07 2010]
Copyright(c) 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
This product is licensed to:
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 --> D:\PACL_Test\TestPassword.zip [ZIP]

  extracting: Logfile.log   --> Done. [100%]

D:\PACL_Test>

            As you can see, everything works fine. Repeat the test with parameter set to -e0

            D:\PACL_Test>pacomp -a -p -ssecret -e0 TestPassword_e0.zip Logfile.log
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 6.01       [Feb 07 2010]
Copyright(c) 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
This product is licensed to:
Archive Compression Utility -- ZIP,ZIPX,7-ZIP,CAB,LHA,BH,JAR,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2
  Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com  Email: support@conexware.com

Archive: D:\PACL_Test\TestPassword_e0.zip
  preparing to compress...
  adding: Logfile.log   --> Done. [100%]

All OK

D:\PACL_Test>

            Looks fine, then extraction

            D:\PACL_Test>paext -e -ssecret TestPassword_e0.zip
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 6.01       [Feb 07 2010]
Copyright(c) 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
This product is licensed to:
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 --> D:\PACL_Test\TestPassword_e0.zip [ZIP]

  extracting: Logfile.log   --> Done. [100%]

D:\PACL_Test>

            Do the same thing with parameter -e1

            D:\PACL_Test>pacomp -a -p -ssecret -e1 TestPassword_e1.zip Logfile.log
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 6.01       [Feb 07 2010]
Copyright(c) 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
This product is licensed to:
Archive Compression Utility -- ZIP,ZIPX,7-ZIP,CAB,LHA,BH,JAR,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2
  Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com  Email: support@conexware.com

Archive: D:\PACL_Test\TestPassword_e1.zip
  preparing to compress...
  adding: Logfile.log   --> Done. [100%]

All OK

D:\PACL_Test>

            Extraction of the created archive

            D:\PACL_Test>paext -e -ssecret TestPassword_e1.zip
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 6.01       [Feb 07 2010]
Copyright(c) 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
This product is licensed to:
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 --> D:\PACL_Test\TestPassword_e1.zip [ZIP]

  extracting: Logfile.log   --> Done. [100%]

D:\PACL_Test>

            And finally with the -e2 parameter

            D:\PACL_Test>pacomp -a -p -ssecret -e2 TestPassword_e2.zip Logfile.log
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 6.01       [Feb 07 2010]
Copyright(c) 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
This product is licensed to:
Archive Compression Utility -- ZIP,ZIPX,7-ZIP,CAB,LHA,BH,JAR,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2
  Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com  Email: support@conexware.com

Archive: D:\PACL_Test\TestPassword_e2.zip
  preparing to compress...
  adding: Logfile.log   --> Done. [100%]

All OK

D:\PACL_Test>

            Extraction of the file

            D:\PACL_Test>paext -e -ssecret TestPassword_e2.zip
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 6.01       [Feb 07 2010]
Copyright(c) 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
This product is licensed to:
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 --> D:\PACL_Test\TestPassword_e2.zip [ZIP]

  extracting: Logfile.log   --> Done. [100%]

D:\PACL_Test>

            Everything works without any problem now. The reason for the error message I got was because of this:

            pacomp -a -p -ssecret -s0 TestPassword.zip Logfile.log

            I had probably some brain meltdown then I tried this last night , because instead of using the -e parameter I repeated the -s parameter again, resulting in a password set to 0 instead of secret and that caused my problem. :o:o:o

            I didn’t even noticed this until now when I look at my post to see what parameter that I have used. My apologies for bringing this up. There’s no problem with the password set in PACOMP, only brain meltdown behind the keyboard :p

            Kind Regards
            Micke

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            • spwolfS Offline
              spwolf conexware
              last edited by

              ok, np… thank you!

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              • spwolfS Offline
                spwolf conexware
                last edited by

                @Halvar:

                Sorry if this was answered before but I couldn’t find anything.

                I have to create ZIP files on a regular basis that must be encrypted with a pssword. This password contains special characters, and especially the double quote ".

                taking aa"a as an example password, my command line would be something like

                pacomp -a -saa"a -e2 -p myfile.zip myfile.txt

                … but this doesn’t work because the quotation mark is interpreted as the beginning of a string.

                I tried escaping the " sign with “”, " and ^", but nothing of this works (in fact, with “”, pacomp created a file but with the password aaa instead of aa"a ). :(

                Any advice? Thanks!

                ^" should work fine?

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                • spwolfS Offline
                  spwolf conexware
                  last edited by

                  PACL 6.02 RC:
                  http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/pacl602.exe

                  Please check your reported issues and see if they are fixed or not… thanks!

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                  • spwolfS Offline
                    spwolf conexware
                    last edited by

                    -s@filename to pickup password from file…

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                    • MickeM Offline
                      Micke Alpha Testers @spwolf
                      last edited by

                      Hi!
                      Time for another test. This time with quote in password. Here’s the result from the test

                      Create a archive with password = aa"a

                      D:\PACL_Test>pacomp -a -saa"a -e2 -p Test3.zip PICT0030.jpg
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 6.02       [Oct 10 2010]
Copyright(c) 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
This product is licensed to:
Archive Compression Utility -- ZIP,ZIPX,7-ZIP,CAB,LHA,BH,JAR,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2
  Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com  Email: support@conexware.com

Example PACOMP commands:
------------------------

   pacomp -a docs.zip "c:\my documents\*.doc"
       Compress all *.doc files from  "c:\my documents" directory to archive
       docs.zip

   pacomp -a -ssecret -c0 -p -r stuff.bh "c:\my stuff\*"
       Compress all files from "c:\my stuff" directory and subdirectories to
       archive stuff.bh with no compression and with password "secret"

Press ENTER to continue:

```PACOMP won't accept quote in password. Next thing try using ^"

                      D:\PACL_Test>pacomp -a -saa^"a -e2 -p Test3.zip PICT0030.jpg
                      PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) Version 6.02 [Oct 10 2010]
                      Copyright© 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
                      This product is licensed to:
                      Archive Compression Utility – ZIP,ZIPX,7-ZIP,CAB,LHA,BH,JAR,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2
                      Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com Email: support@conexware.com

                      Example PACOMP commands:

                      pacomp -a docs.zip “c:\my documents*.doc”
                      Compress all *.doc files from “c:\my documents” directory to archive
                      docs.zip

                      pacomp -a -ssecret -c0 -p -r stuff.bh “c:\my stuff*”
                      Compress all files from “c:\my stuff” directory and subdirectories to
                      archive stuff.bh with no compression and with password “secret”

                      Press ENTER to continue:

                      
Content of password.txt

                      aa"a

                      I then create the archive

                      D:\PACL_Test>pacomp -a -s@password.txt -e2 -p Test3.zip PICT0030.jpg
                      PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) Version 6.02 [Oct 10 2010]
                      Copyright© 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
                      This product is licensed to:
                      Archive Compression Utility – ZIP,ZIPX,7-ZIP,CAB,LHA,BH,JAR,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2
                      Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com Email: support@conexware.com

                      Archive: D:\PACL_Test\Test3.zip
                      preparing to compress…
                      adding: PICT0030.JPG --> Done. [100%]

                      All OK

                      D:\PACL_Test>

                      D:\PACL_Test>paext -t Test3.zip
                      PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) Version 6.02 [Oct 10 2010]
                      Copyright© 1999-2010 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
                      This product is licensed to: Mikael Hedman
                      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 --> D:\PACL_Test\Test3.zip [ZIP]

                      testing: PICT0030.JPG Enter password for PICT0030.JPG: aaa

                      *** Message: Invalid password aaa
                      Enter password for PICT0030.JPG: aa"a
                      –> OK [100%]

                      D:\PACL_Test>

                      
Test result: **OK with remark**

The user should not have to put the password in a textfile to use quote in the password. On the other hand the workaround by using a textfile will solve the problem with quote in the password.

Since I'm not sure what the expected result would be, but from the post of spwolf I get the impression that it should be possible now to use quote in a password when using PACL 6.02 even without a password stored in a textfile.

Kind Regards
Micke
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                      • MickeM Offline
                        Micke Alpha Testers @Micke
                        last edited by

                        Hi!
                        I have now retested this using PACL 7.00 beta 1. As before I have tried to create a archive with a quote in password. Here’s the result from the test

                        Create a archive with password = aa"a

                        C:\PACL_Test\Amiga>pacomp -a -saa"a -e2 -p Test1.zip REFSCAN*.*
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 7.00       [Jan 29 2012]
Copyright(c) 1998-2012 ConeXware, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.  Shareware Version
Archive Compression Utility -- ZIP,ZIPX,7-ZIP,CAB,LHA,BH,JAR,TAR,GZIP,BZ2,XZ,LZM
A
  Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com  Email: support@conexware.com

Example PACOMP commands:
------------------------

   pacomp -a docs.zip "c:\my documents\*.doc"
       Compress all *.doc files from  "c:\my documents" directory to archive
       docs.zip

   pacomp -a -ssecret -c0 -p -r stuff.bh "c:\my stuff\*"
       Compress all files from "c:\my stuff" directory and subdirectories to
       archive stuff.bh with no compression and with password "secret"

Press ENTER to continue:

                        PACOMP won’t accept quote in password. Next thing try using ^"

                        C:\PACL_Test\Amiga>pacomp -a -saa^"a -e2 -p Test1.zip REFSCAN*.*
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 7.00       [Jan 29 2012]
Copyright(c) 1998-2012 ConeXware, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.  Shareware Version
Archive Compression Utility -- ZIP,ZIPX,7-ZIP,CAB,LHA,BH,JAR,TAR,GZIP,BZ2,XZ,LZM
A
  Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com  Email: support@conexware.com

Example PACOMP commands:
------------------------

   pacomp -a docs.zip "c:\my documents\*.doc"
       Compress all *.doc files from  "c:\my documents" directory to archive
       docs.zip

   pacomp -a -ssecret -c0 -p -r stuff.bh "c:\my stuff\*"
       Compress all files from "c:\my stuff" directory and subdirectories to
       archive stuff.bh with no compression and with password "secret"

Press ENTER to continue:

                        Still no success. I then try put the password in a file.

                        Content of password.txt

                        aa"a

                        I then create the archive

                        C:\PACL_Test\Amiga>pacomp -a -s@password.txt -e2 -p Test1.zip REFSCAN1.PCX
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 7.00       [Jan 29 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:\PACL_Test\Amiga\Test1.zip
  preparing to compress...
  adding: REFSCAN1.PCX   --> Done. [100%]

All OK

C:\PACL_Test\Amiga></enter>

                        Looks like it working properly. Now I try test the created archive to check that the password is set correctly.

                        C:\PACL_Test\Amiga>paext -t Test1.zip
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL)              Version 7.00       [Jan 29 2012]
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Archive Extr.---ZIP,ZIPX,7Z,CAB,LHA,ARJ,RAR,ACE,TAR,GZ,BZ2,UUE,ZOO,B64,YENC,...
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Archive --> C:\PACL_Test\Amiga\Test1.zip [ZIP]

  testing: REFSCAN1.PCX  Enter password for REFSCAN1.PCX: aaa

   *** Message: Invalid password   aaa
Enter password for REFSCAN1.PCX: aa"a
--> OK [100%]

C:\PACL_Test\Amiga></enter>

                        PACL works the same in 7.00 b1 as in 6.02. It’s possible to use quote in a password as long as you put the password in a text file.

                        Kind Regards
                        Micke

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                        • M Offline
                          Mili conexware
                          last edited by

                          Thanks Micke!

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                          • spwolfS Offline
                            spwolf conexware
                            last edited by

                            this is due to the CL, we can not use all the characters in command prompt due to its limitations, so we have to use password list if you really want to be creative.

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                            • MickeM Offline
                              Micke Alpha Testers
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                              Thanks for the info and since it’s working when putting the password in a textfile.

                              Kind Regards
                              Micke

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