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#3 Archive browser needs to switch to flat mode for listing some out of standard archives

Fixed
nobody
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Low
Enhancement
2016-07-22
2010-11-19
Anonymous
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Originally created by: giorgio.tani.software@gmail.com
Originally owned by: giorgio.tani.software@gmail.com

A few archiver utilities does not create entries for directories names while creating archives of various formats.

Browsing a such (mal)formed archive with PeaZip, the program will miss the directories name and so will not be able to display them, but still can launch jobs to correctly extract, list and test the archive, including the not displayed content.

The problem is avoided browsing those malformed archives in flat mode (clicking on the expand "+" icon or F6), or using basic or advanced filters.
List/test/extract operation are not affected by the problem

From version 2.1, PeaZip auto-switches to flat view mode if it is able to detect this problem (which happens if no item is declared at the root level of the archive).

PeaZip 3.3. improves recognition of malformed archives and in those cases
automatically switches to flat mode (show all).
Also, the icon for toggling browse mode and flat mode was also added in
status bar area for better visibility of this feature.

This bug is also documented in program's FAQ

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    Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2011-02-26

    Originally posted by: giorgio.tani.software@gmail.com

    PeaZip 3.6.2 implement a new control for detecting out of standard archives, not featuring entries for directories.
    Detecting this problem, PeaZip switches to flat mode allowing users to see listed all objects, also ones inside non declared directories.
    All known cases are now correctly detected, so class of the issue was changed from defect to enhancement.
    Please let me know if in some cases the detection still fails and PeaZip does not automatically switch to flat mode.

    In any case this problem only applies to archive listing and only for browse mode, that can be forced switching to flat mode with F6. On extraction of the whole archive missing directories are automatically created.

    Summary: Archive browser needs to switch to flat mode for listing some out of standard archives
    Labels: -Type-Defect Type-Enhancement

     
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    Anonymous - 2011-04-06

    Originally posted by: giorgio.tani.software@gmail.com

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  • Giorgio Tani

    Giorgio Tani - 2016-07-22

    Opening files with missing directory names in archive table of content was fixed in 6.1.0 release.
    Now missing directories are detected from regular file content, and added to archive content for normal browsing or search operations.
    Also, the complete in-archive directory tree (including non declared directories) is shown in navigation bar on the left side of the application - for quick browsing or on-the-fly inspection of archive structure - and in dropdown menus at each node of the address bar breadcrumb.

     

  • Giorgio Tani

    Giorgio Tani - 2016-07-22
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    • status: Accepted --> Fixed
     

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