Re: CiderPress file name requirements

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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: Tonight I tried to open some ShrinkIt archives that had a .txt
: suffix, but that were identical to the .shk version except for
: file name.
:
: CiderPress wouldn't open them because they did not "appear to
: be valid archives".  This behavior persisted even when I selected
: "reduced error checking".
:
: Why does CiderPress care about the file suffix, instead of just
: validating the header?  I guess I was expecting ShrinkIt-like
: behavior...
:
: (The files were on a DVD, so it wasn't possible to just rename them.)
:
: -michael


Mike,

I, too, have had trouble with Ciderpress opening shrinkit archives
from read-only media. Copy them to hard drive and they will work.

I'm also curious as to the reason this is. Andy?????

Bill Garber
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Co-owner - GSE-Reactive.com
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