Page 1 of 1

does it support

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:34 am
by msbtrp23
Does robotask support arj archive extraction?

does it support

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:46 am
by Oleg
You have to use external command-line archiver.
Native utilities ARJ.EXE and ARJ32.EXE are free for personal and home usage. This is in their FAQ

7zip - free open source utility. It can extract files from ARJ archive.

does it support

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:21 am
by msbtrp23
thanks!how can i extract any incoming files to specific folder with 7zip what command line should i use?

does it support

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:52 am
by Oleg
Install 7zip and run command line utility 7z.exe without parameters:


Usage: 7z <command> [<switches>...] <archive_name> [<file_names>...]
       [<@listfiles...>]

<Commands>
a: Add files to archive
b: Benchmark
d: Delete files from archive
e: Extract files from archive (without using directory names)
l: List contents of archive
t: Test integrity of archive
u: Update files to archive
x: eXtract files with full paths
<Switches>
-ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include archives
-ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude archives
-bd: Disable percentage indicator
-i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include filenames
-m{Parameters}: set compression Method
-o{Directory}: set Output directory
-p{Password}: set Password
-r[-|0]: Recurse subdirectories
-scs{UTF-8 | WIN | DOS}: set charset for list files
-sfx[{name}]: Create SFX archive
-si[{name}]: read data from stdin
-slt: show technical information for l (List) command
-so: write data to stdout
-ssc[-]: set sensitive case mode
-ssw: compress shared files
-t{Type}: Set type of archive
-u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]: Update options
-v{Size}[b|k|m|g]: Create volumes
-w[{path}]: assign Work directory. Empty path means a temporary directory
-x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude filenames
-y: assume Yes on all queries


I think you can use -o option.

Also I do so usually:
select target folder (see Change folder action)
and use such command line:
7z.exe x "c:\Full Path\with subfolders\MyArchive.arj"

This command forces extraction into current folder

does it support

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:59 am
by msbtrp23
super! 7z.exe x "c:\Full Path\with subfolders\MyArchive.arj" really heped me. Thank you!

Re: does it support

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:01 pm
by pwildman
How would this work if you were to use the file loop and you don't know the name of the file before you run the automation?

Re: does it support

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:29 pm
by iammiro
pwildman wrote: Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:01 pm How would this work if you were to use the file loop and you don't know the name of the file before you run the automation?
Its also a good and valid question. I also want to how to know the name of the previous file before run automation.
oleg, please reply us.

Re: does it support

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:47 am
by Oleg
iammiro wrote: Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:29 pm
pwildman wrote: Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:01 pm How would this work if you were to use the file loop and you don't know the name of the file before you run the automation?
Its also a good and valid question. I also want to how to know the name of the previous file before run automation.
oleg, please reply us.
The name of file is identifier of the file.
If you rename some file them this mean than old file has ben removed and new file with new name has been created