[sword-devel] How to zip module files

[NF]

Thanks Kermit and DM!

I was able to make it work.  It is somehow platform independent.
I used cygwin on windows xp. The zip comes with Cygwin will default to
include directoy into the entires table.
To zip, I have to use the -D swith so it can ignore directories.

zip -D -r kjv.zip mods.d modules

Having said that, I believe, at least JSWORD spi should be modified to
support directory entries in the zip file, which is every popular in
windows programs like winzip.7zip.

Thanks a lot!

Zj Li

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 2:05 AM, Kermit Kiser <bsv at kermitkiser.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi NF;
>
>  I ran into the same problem recently when trying to do this on a Windows XP
> system. Here is what I found:
>
>  7-zip worked OK to build the mods.d.tar.gz file but will not build an
> acceptable zip file for distribution. (May be a UNIX vs Win issue.)
>
>  Info-Zip windows GUI WiZ works OK to build a zip file if the mods.d and
> modules directories are placed in the root directory first.
>
>  -- KK
>
>  PS: Note that the Sword module installer requires an anonymous FTP server
> to distribute the zipped modules while the JSword installer requires an HTTP
> server to distribute the modules. All the service providers I checked with
> said that anonymous FTP is a security risk and they would only provide it on
> a dedicated IP at much higher cost. I don't really buy the security risk
> argument, but the money issue speaks strong. If this list votes on
> enhancement requests, please add my vote to allow Sword to use HTTP
> downloads. Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>  NF wrote:
>  Thanks, DM!
>
> I have done the editor to edit and generate the compressed module file
> through a click. It works fine. (Still prototype though.) It also
> supports importing existing modules into the editor.
>
> Right now, when I try to package the module and conf to a zip file so
> I can test export function as well as downloading, the program
> fails(jsword 1.5 api).
>
> Through debugger, I noticed that when it tries to unzip the zip file,
> it treat mods.d and other module structure (module, text, ztext, ....)
> as files instead of directories. thus the unzip operation failed.
>
> How do you run the simple recursive zip? That is what I am asking...
>
> God Bless!
>
> ZJ
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:03 PM, DM Smith <dmsmith555 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>  ZJ,
>  I'm not sure what you mean by zip? A module can be compressed with
>  mod2zmod. This program will compress the module internally. Both Sword
>  and JSword can read them. JSword at this time cannot create modules of
>  any type.
>
>  We also package the modules parts into a zip file, but that just a
>  simple recursive zip.
>
>  Hope this helps.
>
>  In Him,
>  DM
>
>
>
>  On Feb 28, 2008, at 4:43 PM, NF wrote:
>
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > I have being preparing make modules for sword platform.
>  >
>  > One thing is bugging me: my zip file does not work!
>  >
>  > I used 7zip and also winzip to zip the conf and moudle files. I can
>  > tell the the layout of the files are the same as what I downloaded
>  > from sword rawzip folder.
>  >
>  > I tried to use jsword, it tries to create mods.d as file, also, other
>  > directories as file, instead of directory.
>  >
>  > So instead of telling me to send in the files, can anyone tell me how
>  > you guys zip the modules?
>  >
>  > thanks!
>  >
>  > ZJ LI
>  >
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