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    pacl900b-190606.exe (PACL 9.0 Beta 5) pacomp -r not working.
    Brian GregoryB

    I’m trying to backup the complete contents of a directory using:
    pacomp64 -parcz T:\BACKUP.PA C:\STUFF
    The contents of subdirectories of C:\STUFF isn’t getting backed up!
    The sub directories are just stored as empty directories!

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    When extracting 7z files extract only newer files
    B

    How do I achieve this ; show me a command line example !

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    Question Regarding License
    S

    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.

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    PACL 9.0 Beta 2
    spwolfS

    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.

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    The PACL does not extract files from the self-extracting archive
    Michael72M

    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

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    PACompXX problem with file name syntax
    BigMikeB

    Hi,
    there’s a problem with PAComp and file names with a leading ".\ ".
    That’s nowadays a problem, since PowerShell auto complete will complete a file test.zip in the current directory to .\test.zip.

    0_1524826660985_pacomp.png

    The first command reports “All OK”, but test.7z is not created.
    The second command reports an error, but the error message isn’t helpful at all. VSS doesn’t help anything if a program fails to write to a file. It’s for reading locked files… And the problematic file isn’t mentioned at all. By the way, there’s a typo, it should be “open”, not “opet”.
    Only the third command (without ".\ ") works as expected.

    The problem exists in the x86 and x64 version, it doesn’t matter if the archive already exists (updating) or not (creating a new archive).

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    czip support
    D

    would be nice to have czip support

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    PACL 8.0 Beta 1
    spwolfS

    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!

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    pacomp-exe-has-stopped-working)
    P

    I am Having Appcrash mid problem in my Pc.

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    PAConv.bat
    BigMikeB

    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=
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    Password with a quote " in ist

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    • H
      Halvar
      last edited by

      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!

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      • MickeM
        Micke Alpha Testers
        last edited by

        Hi!
        I haven’t tested using " in the password field, because the password I set can’t be used when I try to extract the file. Maybe I’m doing something wrong :confused:.

        Here’s my command for creating the archive with password.

        pacomp -a -p -ssecret -s0 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
        
        

        Now I try extract the created file

        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
           *** Message: Invalid password   secret
        
           *** Message: Invalid password   secret
        
           *** Message: Invalid password   secret
         --> CRC ERROR! [100%]
        
           *** Error: File fails CRC check
        
        

        The archive can’t be open because it thinks the password is incorrect.

        I’m using PACL 6.01 and Win XP Sp3

        Kind Regards
        Micke

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        • spwolfS
          spwolf conexware
          last edited by

          micke try c1 or c2 and see how it goes…

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          • spwolfS
            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
              Mili conexware
              last edited by

              got it, thanks Halvar!!

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              • MickeM
                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
                  spwolf conexware
                  last edited by

                  ok, np… thank you!

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                  • spwolfS
                    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
                      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
                        spwolf conexware
                        last edited by

                        -s@filename to pickup password from file…

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                        • MickeM
                          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
                            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
                              Mili conexware
                              last edited by

                              Thanks Micke!

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                              • spwolfS
                                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
                                  Micke Alpha Testers
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks for the info and since it’s working when putting the password in a textfile.

                                  Kind Regards
                                  Micke

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