problem customizing nov

problem customizing nov

[John Covici]

Hi.  I would like to customize gnome, so the unzipped files go into a
private directory rather than /tmp whose contents get deleted out from
under me every so often.  Seems like I should use some argument to
unzip, but I can't figure out what to use.  The currentt unzip args
says
Hide nov-unzip-args: '("-od" directory filename)
but I am not sure how to change it to do what I need.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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How do
you spend it?

         John Covici wb2una
         covici@ccs.covici.com

Re: problem customizing nov

[Jon Fineman]

John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com> writes:

> Hi.  I would like to customize gnome, so the unzipped files go into a
> private directory rather than /tmp whose contents get deleted out from
> under me every so often.  Seems like I should use some argument to
> unzip, but I can't figure out what to use.  The currentt unzip args
> says
> Hide nov-unzip-args: '("-od" directory filename)
> but I am not sure how to change it to do what I need.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> -- 
> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
>
>          John Covici wb2una
>          covici@ccs.covici.com


On OpenBSD this worked for me. Other files in addition to nov files
end up there, but I was ok with that. You have to create the
directories ahead of time.

(setq temporary-file-directory "~/tmp/emacs/temp/")

Re: problem customizing nov

[John Covici]

Works fine --- thanks a lot.

On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 05:58:34 -0400,
Jon Fineman wrote:
> 
> John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi.  I would like to customize gnome, so the unzipped files go into a
> > private directory rather than /tmp whose contents get deleted out from
> > under me every so often.  Seems like I should use some argument to
> > unzip, but I can't figure out what to use.  The currentt unzip args
> > says
> > Hide nov-unzip-args: '("-od" directory filename)
> > but I am not sure how to change it to do what I need.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
> > -- 
> > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > How do
> > you spend it?
> >
> >          John Covici wb2una
> >          covici@ccs.covici.com
> 
> 
> On OpenBSD this worked for me. Other files in addition to nov files
> end up there, but I was ok with that. You have to create the
> directories ahead of time.
> 
> (setq temporary-file-directory "~/tmp/emacs/temp/")
> 
> 

-- 
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici wb2una
         covici@ccs.covici.com

Re: problem customizing nov

[Jude DaShiell]

Why not try mkdir workshop then for the unzip commands,
unzip  -t file.zip
unzip -d /home/johnc/workshop file.zip
then check contents of your workshop directory.


--
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 "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
 Please use in that order."
 Ed Howdershelt 1940.

On Sun, 16 Jun 2024, John Covici wrote:

> Works fine --- thanks a lot.
>
> On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 05:58:34 -0400,
> Jon Fineman wrote:
> >
> > John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com> writes:
> >
> > > Hi.  I would like to customize gnome, so the unzipped files go into a
> > > private directory rather than /tmp whose contents get deleted out from
> > > under me every so often.  Seems like I should use some argument to
> > > unzip, but I can't figure out what to use.  The currentt unzip args
> > > says
> > > Hide nov-unzip-args: '("-od" directory filename)
> > > but I am not sure how to change it to do what I need.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > > How do
> > > you spend it?
> > >
> > >          John Covici wb2una
> > >          covici@ccs.covici.com
> >
> >
> > On OpenBSD this worked for me. Other files in addition to nov files
> > end up there, but I was ok with that. You have to create the
> > directories ahead of time.
> >
> > (setq temporary-file-directory "~/tmp/emacs/temp/")
> >
> >
>
>