Extract images from zipped .eve archives

Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[Haines Brown]

I have a set of ZIP files (Windows) that contain many small B&W
drawings that I would like extract under Linux.

The unzip utility does not extract the files, but simply lists the
contents of the ZIP files. Each ZIP file has several archive files
with an .eve extension, and these in turn hold collections of image
files.

Why can't unzip extract the .eve files? What are .eve files? They may
be proprietary executables, but if not, I could not find any utility
to extract them into a format known to Linux.

Haines Brown
 
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Re: Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[Ray Olszewski]

I had to work around the bogus "To:     linux-newbie@hartford-hwp.com" line 
yet again.

At 09:06 AM 11/29/02 -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
>I have a set of ZIP files (Windows) that contain many small B&W
>drawings that I would like extract under Linux.
>
>The unzip utility does not extract the files, but simply lists the
>contents of the ZIP files.

It should extract them as its default behavior. How exactly are you running 
unzip and what exactly is it saying?

>Each ZIP file has several archive files
>with an .eve extension, and these in turn hold collections of image
>files.
>
>Why can't unzip extract the .eve files? What are .eve files? They may
>be proprietary executables, but if not, I could not find any utility
>to extract them into a format known to Linux.

Never having heard of them, I tried a Google search. The only meaningful 
match I found was here --

         http://www.techtutorials.com/fileformats.shtml

-- which says "EVE - TTMaker Event Scheduling File.".

If that's not what you have, why not tell us something about the source of 
the file in question?


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Re: Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[Haines Brown]

> >The unzip utility does not extract the files, but simply lists the
> >contents of the ZIP files.
> 
> It should extract them as its default behavior. How exactly are you running 
> unzip and what exactly is it saying?

Here's an example. Root goes to the source directory and runs:

  # unzip -v circuit-svg-gates*
  Archive:  circuit-svg-gates_library.zip
   Length   Method    Size  Ratio   Date   Time   CRC-32    Name
  --------  ------  ------- -----   ----   ----   ------    ----
      6830  Defl:N     3053  55%  01-26-02 17:52  19a125f7  gates_library.eve
  --------          -------  ---                            -------
      6830             3053  55%                            1 file

> Never having heard of them, I tried a Google search. The only meaningful 
> match I found was here --
> 
>          http://www.techtutorials.com/fileformats.shtml
> 
> -- which says "EVE - TTMaker Event Scheduling File.".

I didn't have much luck with a search, which is why I wondered about a
proprietary format. 

These zip files serve a simple little proprietary graphics application
that draws electroniic circuit schematics. Event scheduling seems
irrelevant. 

Haines
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Re: Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[Ray Olszewski]

At 01:27 PM 11/29/02 -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> > >The unzip utility does not extract the files, but simply lists the
> > >contents of the ZIP files.
> >
> > It should extract them as its default behavior. How exactly are you 
> running
> > unzip and what exactly is it saying?
>
>Here's an example. Root goes to the source directory and runs:
>
>   # unzip -v circuit-svg-gates*
>   Archive:  circuit-svg-gates_library.zip
>    Length   Method    Size  Ratio   Date   Time   CRC-32    Name
>   --------  ------  ------- -----   ----   ----   ------    ----
>       6830  Defl:N     3053  55%  01-26-02 17:52  19a125f7  gates_library.eve
>   --------          -------  ---                            -------
>       6830             3053  55%                            1 file

OK. Well, all I would expect unzip to do is extract gates_library.eve out 
of circuit-svg-gates_library.zip . If it does not do so when invoked as you 
do ... does "unzip -d circuit-svg-gates*" do any better?

>I didn't have much luck with a search, which is why I wondered about a
>proprietary format.

What sort of search did you try?

If I Google the actual file name "gates_library.eve" (as usual, providing 
us with the details does help) by itself, I'm pointed to this URL --

         http://www.goosee.com/

-- with indications that the file is a data file for the 
EmbeddedVectorEditor product they sell (or maybe give away .. some version 
is downloadable). It is unclear if it is in their internal (proprietary) 
format or in the SVG format they support, which they say is a W3C standard 
and can be viewed in a browser using an Adobe plug-in.

I assume you can take it from there.


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Re: Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[Jim Reimer]

give unzip the entire file name (no wild cards) and it should work.

-jdr-

Haines Brown wrote:

<snip>

> 
>   # unzip -v circuit-svg-gates*
>   Archive:  circuit-svg-gates_library.zip
>    Length   Method    Size  Ratio   Date   Time   CRC-32    Name
>   --------  ------  ------- -----   ----   ----   ------    ----
>       6830  Defl:N     3053  55%  01-26-02 17:52  19a125f7  gates_library.eve
>   --------          -------  ---                            -------
>       6830             3053  55%                            1 file
> 
> 

<snip>

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Re: Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[dashielljt]

For the default behavior of a program to happen on a file, you feed the
program the file name only.  The unzip -v will allow you to view the zip
file's contents but will not extract files.  I wouldn't use the -d option
either since zip's default when extracting files is to
createsubdirectories.  What I would do is mkdir /tmp/unzip then mv zipfile
/tmp/unzip then cd /tmp/unzip then unzip *.zip.  Then check out directory
contents inside of /tmp/unzip and directories lower than that.  This way
you control where unzip puts your files and have no strange surprises
later.

Jude <dashielljt(at)gmpexpress-dot-net>

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Re: Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[Chuck Gelm]

Haines Brown wrote:
> 
> > >The unzip utility does not extract the files, but simply lists the
> > >contents of the ZIP files.
> >
> > It should extract them as its default behavior. How exactly are you running
> > unzip and what exactly is it saying?
> 
> Here's an example. Root goes to the source directory and runs:
> 
>   # unzip -v circuit-svg-gates*
            ^^
 If you give it an argument (other than file),
 you are modifying is default behavior.

man pages for unzip
Info-ZIP Last change: 3 November 1997 (v5.32) 
NAME
     unzip - list, test and extract compressed  files  in  a  ZIP
     archive
SYNOPSIS
     unzip     [-Z]     [-cflptuvz[abjnoqsCLMVX$]]     file[.zip]
     [file(s) ...]  [-x xfile(s) ...] [-d exdir]
DESCRIPTION
     unzip will list, test, or extract files from a ZIP  archive.
                            ^^
/* If it lists, it is NOT testing nor extracting. */

     The  default  behavior  (with no options) is to extract into
     the current directory  (and  subdirectories  below  it)  all
     files  from the specified ZIP archive.  A companion program,
     zip  (available   from   http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/),
     creates  ZIP  archives;  both  programs  are compatible with
     archives created by PKWARE's PKZIP and PKUNZIP  for  MS-DOS,
     but  in  many cases the program options or default behaviors
     differ.
...
-v   be verbose or  print  diagnostic  version  info.   This
          option  has  evolved  and now behaves as both an option
          and a modifier.  As an  option  it  has  two  purposes:
          when  a  zipfile is specified with no other options, -v
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          lists archive files verbosely, adding to the  basic  -l
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          info  the compression method, compressed size, compres-
          sion ratio and 32-bit CRC.  When no zipfile  is  speci-
          fied  (that  is, the complete command is simply ``unzip
          -v''), a diagnostic screen is printed.  In addition  to
          the  normal header with release date and version, unzip
          lists the home Info-ZIP ftp site and where  to  find  a
          list of other ftp and non-ftp sites; the target operat-
          ing system for which it was compiled, as well as  (pos-
          sibly)  the hardware on which it was compiled, the com-
          piler and version used, and the compilation  date;  any
          special  compilation  options  that  might  affect  the
          program's operation (see also  DECRYPTION  below);  and
          any  options stored in environment variables that might
          do the same (see  ENVIRONMENT  OPTIONS  below).   As  a
          modifier  it  works  in  conjunction with other options
          (e.g., -t) to produce more verbose or debugging output;
          this is not yet fully implemented but will be in future
          releases.

Try:

# unzip filename.ext

HTH, Chuck
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Re: Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[Haines Brown]

> give unzip the entire file name (no wild cards) and it should work.

Yes, of course! So much else understands wildcards that I didn't
think unzip wouldn't.

Of course, I'm now proud owner of some binary .eve files without the
slightest idea of how to make sense of them ;-)

Haines
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Re: Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[Jim Reimer]

eve (embedded vector editor)...  http://www.goosee.com

Download it and just maybe it'll run under wine (or... fire up
the old windows machine).

-jdr-


Haines Brown wrote:
> give unzip the entire file name (no wild cards) and it should work.
> 
> 
> Yes, of course! So much else understands wildcards that I didn't
> think unzip wouldn't.
> 
> Of course, I'm now proud owner of some binary .eve files without the
> slightest idea of how to make sense of them ;-)
> 
> Haines


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Re: Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[Haines Brown]

Jim,

Thanks for pointing me to the .eve site. So the extension did turn out
to be proprietary. 

There are vector drawing facilities available for linux, and rather
than run Eve with Wine, etc., it might be worth my trouble to create a
set of vector drawings for one of the limux programs, and make them
available. 

I'm only talking here about perhaps 2-3 dozen simple little electronic
component symbols.

Haines
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Re: Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[Jim Reimer]

You might find gEDA useful.  http://www.geda.seul.org  Very nice set
of tools for drawing schematics.

-jdr


Haines Brown wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> Thanks for pointing me to the .eve site. So the extension did turn out
> to be proprietary. 
> 
> There are vector drawing facilities available for linux, and rather
> than run Eve with Wine, etc., it might be worth my trouble to create a
> set of vector drawings for one of the limux programs, and make them
> available. 
> 
> I'm only talking here about perhaps 2-3 dozen simple little electronic
> component symbols.
> 
> Haines


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Re: Extract images from zipped .eve archives

[Haines Brown]

> You might find gEDA useful.  http://www.geda.seul.org  Very nice set
> of tools for drawing schematics.
> 
> -jdr

WOW!! I had no idea this was in the works (collection of open software
electronic design tools for Linux etc.). Thanks greatly for the
tip. 

Haines
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