-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/06/08 04:50, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: >> Since you don't tell us which DE you use, it is only save to presume >> that you use the console. Thus: >> >> $ unzip -v > stupidly_large_zip_file.txt >> $ view stupidly_large_zip_file.txt >> > > Ok finally was able to try this...I sshd onto the Mac with OS X leopard and > used the unzip command. Here is the output: > > $ unzip -v Kodak\ Pictures.zip > > Archive: Kodak Pictures.zip > End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not > a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the > latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on > the last disk(s) of this archive. > note: Kodak Pictures.zip may be a plain executable, not an archive > unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of Kodak Pictures.zip or > Kodak Pictures.zip.zip, and cannot find Kodak Pictures.zip.ZIP, > period. > > And then trying zip -F: > > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2860.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2861.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2862.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2863.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2865.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2866.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2867.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2869.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2870.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2871.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2872.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2873.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2874.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2875.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2876.JPG > zip: reading Kodak Pictures/04-16-2006/CIMG2877.JPG > > zip error: Unexpected end of zip file (Kodak Pictures.zip) > > And then finally based on the suggestion of in another post about > PKWARE...I downloaded the an application from their website > called zip reader. I installed in on a PC and surprisingly it > extracted it! > > However, all the extracted images are zero bytes in length :(
Hmmm. Are you sure that the ZIP file on your Mac is *exactly* the same as the one on his PC? > I even tried using 7z and it just crashes on me.... > > I will now have my family copy the zip file to an external HD and > take it over to the Mac Store to see what their "Geniuses" can > do.. > >> If you happen to be using GNOME (God's own DE), then >> file-roller will do just fine. Simply fire up Nautilus and >> click on the zip > > The file-roller you are talking about here...does it actually > browse the zip file without extracting it? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "The kniiife..., the kniiife... The life of the wife is ended by the kni-ife." Stewie Griffin & Eliza Pinchley -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHz9j+S9HxQb37XmcRAvC8AJ49zxG2AHsh1VlH/7Od3l5Kt+gMpwCcDHna 2k5+c4UDLebySYewTGiSzSE= =EsjE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]