Downloading SignBank

[Tim Grove]

Hello folks!

I wanted to share my own experience of unzipping sign writing files in 
case it may help someone else.

The file that I downloaded was named "imwa.zip" and contained around 
26,263 png images. I tried several different utilities for unzipping 
this file and even wrote my own script in python to do the job, but 
nothing seems to have been very successful. I could unzip around 21,844 
files and then things would stop. I am working on Windows XP Pro. WHAT I 
DID DISCOVER was that I could extract these initial 21,844 files into 
one directory and then extract the remaining files into a second 
directory, and then I could write them out to a CD to give me a complete 
set. Don't ask me why this works!!! I don't know if this is a Windows 
problem or something specific to my machine, but it almost appears that 
I have a limit to file number or size that I can place into a single 
directory. If anyone has an answer to this mystery, I would love to hear 
it, but for now I appear to have a full set of images by splitting the 
unzipping between two separate directories. (I also have a splitting 
headache as well!)

Best regards,
Tim Grove

Geoffrey Hunt wrote:

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> *From:* owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu 
> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] *On Behalf Of *Valerie Sutton
> *Sent:* 14 September 2005 10:06
> *To:* sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [sw-l] Downloading SignBank
>
> SignWriting List
> September 14, 2005
>
> Geoffrey Hunt wrote:
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>> I think I we are talking about the same download. I downloaded it and 
>> was unable to unzip it in Windows, it seemed to contain too many 
>> individual graphics files, 20,000+. Would it be possible to divide 
>> the zip file into several parts?
>
>
>
> Hello Geoffrey!
> Thanks for telling me. Let us first be sure we are talking about the 
> same download...there are so many on our sites...
>
> Recently Tim Grove (I believe) downloaded all the symbols of the IMWA 
> in one large file, and that is over 26,000 tiny graphics files...are 
> you referring to that kind of download? Or do you really mean 
> SignBank, which is a different download. Charles and I were discussing 
> downloading SignBank Runtime for Windows on this web page:
>
> http://www.SignBank.org/downloads
>
> Are you saying that you could not unzip SignBank Runtime? If so, I 
> need to know...Was the file you tried to unzip named SignBank Runtime?
>
> Breaking up the IMWA download that Tim tried could be done, but 
> breaking up the SignBank Runtime download is another story...I would 
> have to hire a programmer to find out how to separate those files 
> because it is a relational database...
>
> I look forward to hearing from you -
>
> Val ;-)