Winzip 7, linux unzip error ~central directory not found

lanzdale · 09-11-2003, 06:21 PM

In Windows XP, winzip 7 I create onefile.zip,

ftp get it from linux.

unzip -r onefile.zip works fine.

But if I try same with a directory say www to www.zip

unzip -r www.zip

gets>
error missing ---- bytes in zipfile
start of central directory not found
..

A) Why
B) Is there a better way, ie. in general what is easiest / cheapest way to zip/unzip transfer files between Windows and Linux?

BigNate · 09-11-2003, 07:14 PM

I am assuming you are talking about 1 machine not 2 since you are ftp'ing the files. I would set up a small fat32 partition and put the files I want for linux there and then boot into linux and mount the partition and grab 'em. If it is 2 machines set up a samba server on the linux machine. As far as zipping and unzipping across platforms - I have no clue...never really needed that