7-Zip can't Extract Filenames w/ "spaces"
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Long filenames w/ spaces before the period of an extension is not properly extracted, eg. "[Very long Filename] .bin" is not extracted properly, I noticed this behavior while extracting the tosec atari 2600 games archived in zip into separate directories. It is under Vista x86 Home edition.
So what name do you have before/after axtracting?
It is the "Atari 2600 & VCS - Games" version 2006-05-25 w/ 1979 files, each compressed within individual zip files, when extracted those 6 files with spaces before the period individually, they extract OK. When selecting all 6 of them, they also extract OK. But when selecting ALL at once, all 1979 files and Extract to "*\", those six files do not extract. They are:
Euchre (2002-10-01)(Eid, Erik)(NTSC)[Release Candidate 2] .zip
Ghostbusters II - Easy (2003)(King Atari)(PAL)[h] .zip
ZZZ-UNK-Dark Mage Mod (19xx)(-)(PD)[b][aka DM-FOOT] .zip
ZZZ-UNK-Frogger (Official version by Sega)Starpath - .zip
ZZZ-UNK-Frogger (Preview) (2)Starpath - .zip
ZZZ-UNK-Frogger (Preview)Starpath - .zip
This is kinda strange. I can send the 6.7MB collection to you and you can extract them to see this particular issue.
Do you use Explorer or 7-Zip File Manager?
If you use Explorer, try to decompress via 7-Zip File Manager.
Tried BOTH Explorer and 7-Zip File Manager,
7-Zip: Diagnostic messages
0 can not open output file C:\Download\Euchre (2002-10-01)(Eid, Erik)(NTSC)[Release Candidate 2] \Euchre (2002-10-01)(Eid, Erik)(NTSC)[Release Candidate 2] .bin
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Also, since the zip file has a space before period, the created individual directories ALSO must have a space after it. I believe 7-Zip has an issue IF directory created must have a space at the END as well.
Sincerely,
-Simon
The reason for the error is that windows automatically deletes trailing spaces from directory names (Try renaming a directory to "test " and observe the result). Thus 7zip cannot find the folder and does not extract the file into it.
I'll try to fix it in next version.
I see, 7-Zip is "choking" when it "tries" to create directories with a space at the end. Just tried it in the command line, and windows ignores the space. If a zip file has a space before the period, I guess 7-zip should create a directory that does not have a space, BUT what if you have two or more different zip files with the EXACT SAME name, BUT one with a space, another with 2 spaces, and say another with three spaces before the period, what should 7-zip do then. A conflict? Will 7-zip store them all in one directory? create numbered directory names to avoid conflict? ;-)
Try adding a "\" at the end of the extract path. I think I had the same error and this fixed it.
Lisbon, 04 of July of 2008.
I think that the forums/open discussion is not the right place to ask or discuss a bug or similar. the right place is tracker/bugs.
The forums/open discussion, I think, is to communicate about the project (in this case, 7-Zip by Igor Pavlov), and to make business; all this public (without limits and open to every one present).
(JMLM).