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I'm using an app called DropDMG to extract a large zip file that is 109 GB in size. However once it's extracted the whole bundle, it ends with an error from its subprocess ditto and deletes the temporary folder it created with all the goodies in it.
How can I prevent this? Will simply locking the folder prevent it? DropDMG and ditto are running as the local user and not as root...
Anthony Glyadchenko
Posted 2011-01-25T05:38:20.887
Reputation: 111
It seems to be the only one that works. unzip and Unarchiver don't work for some reason. I need help because the error will happen soon and I need to prevent deletion this time. – Anthony Glyadchenko – 2011-01-25T05:54:06.350
@Anthony Glyadchenko, you can always try force-quitting the application to prevent it from doing something silly. What do unzip and Unarchiver say when you try the file? Have you attempted repairing the file using
zip -Forzip -FF? – Just Jake – 2011-01-25T06:04:54.860the ditto error is that it couldn't read the pkzip signature... however it extracts just fine... but after the error, the folder gets wiped. :-( – Anthony Glyadchenko – 2011-01-25T06:06:25.480
@Anthony Glyadchenko, what happens when you run
unzip /Path/To/Archive? How aboutzip -F /Path/To/Archive? The second command will attempt to repair damaged zipfiles. It's worked rather well for me in the past with incomplete downloads of zipfiles. I'd give it a try if you can't copy out the contents beforedittotorches the files. Speaking of which, you could try startingcp -r /tmp/yourfiles/* /some/other/directory/now and seeing how much stuff it gets before both operations finish. – Just Jake – 2011-01-25T06:10:21.640