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lzip: Can't create output file (Users)

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 03.01.2024, 22:54

> Hi,
> I just wrote the help version of lzip and noticed that there is a problem
> with 8.3.
> When I try lzip abcdefgh.123 I get an error message:
> Can't create output file abcdefgh.123.lz

Uh, is that my old "lzip 1.20" build from 2018?

> It only works when I activate doslfn.
>
> Is there a workaround? Am I right, when I say that lzip is almost unusable
> for DOS?

Help says: -o, --output=<file>

Usage is: lzip -o abcdefgh.lz abcdefgh.123

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Complete thread:

• lzip: Can't create output file - fritz.mueller, 03.01.2024, 20:16 (Users)
  • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 03.01.2024, 22:54
  • lzip: Can't create output file - fritz.mueller, 04.01.2024, 13:53
    • lzip: Can't create output file - tom, 04.01.2024, 16:10
    • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 04.01.2024, 20:07
      • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 04.01.2024, 20:14
      • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 04.01.2024, 23:10
        • lzip: Can't create output file - fritz.mueller, 04.01.2024, 23:23
          • lzip: Can't create output file - fritz.mueller, 04.01.2024, 23:29
            • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 07.01.2024, 17:17
              • lzip: Can't create output file - fritz.mueller, 07.01.2024, 18:09
          • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 07.01.2024, 17:12