If I select all the files and folders on a volume to be added to a Zip file with zip batch mode off, I get an error message that "An error occurred copying 'System Volume Information': Access is denied. (5)" with options to Retry, Skip, etc.
This may very well be the most desirable behavior, but with batch mode on, the zipping completes seemingly without error. Extracting the Zip file created this way produces a "normal", empty System Volume Information folder, "normal" meaning that the "h" and "s" attributes are not set as they were on the original System Volume Information folder.
By comparison, PowerDesk doesn't indicate an error and doesn't inslude a System Volume Information folder in the Zip file.
I think perhaps both this and Opus, non-batch behavior of prodcing an error message with options may be reasonable behavior. I'm less sure that the Opus batch behavior of "preserving" the System Volume Information folder incorrectly is desirable.
System Volume Information is a system folder which Windows always has locked (thus the "error" you see). This folder is where Windows stores its System Restore data, and other such internal items about the operating system. This is not a folder that contains anything you should be: opening directly, copying, backing up, or archiving inside a .zip file.
This is not a bug, nor is it an issue that Opus developers should be coding around. Any error here is actually in the keyboard-to-chair interface.
Furthermore, you really should read the Opus Zip Preferences section in the manual, specifically about Zip Batch Mode. The documentation clearly states that batch mode will not handle many of the errors that non-batch mode would handle correctly.
[quote]If I select all the files and folders on a volume to be added to a Zip file with zip batch mode off, I get an error message that "An error occurred copying 'System Volume Information': Access is denied. (5)" with options to Retry, Skip, etc.
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OK, I can't reproduce this error yet.
So, I'm asking ?
Where is the zip file into which you are copying this data?
Is ths zip file in the same volume or a different volume ?
a) Zip file exists in different volume.
Exactly what method or procedure did you use to copy data into this file ?
b) Zip file exists in same volume.
I don't mean to insult you, but I must ask, was the zip file also in the same volume and selected?
I also turned zip batch copy mode off in my preferences.
I tried the Dopus context menus as well as
dopusrt /cmd Copy TO {destpath}{date|yyyy-MM-dd}.zip
The current date.zip was my test folder.
Oh, I see Ken has a post now.
I'll just submit this as is.
I don't see that it conflicts with Ken's.