"copy" command on button bar to add a zip file wit

[sorcar]

Can anyone show how to put on a button bar the following two selected files in the same pane:

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First file.jpg
Second file.zip

so that the command executed is:

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copy /b "First file.jpg" + "Second file.zip"

What about if the files selected are in different panes?

Thanks in advance.

[Ovg]

2sorcar
For TC 9.0:

1. In The same pane
First selected file - %C1
Second selected file - %C2

2. Different Panes
Selected in Left pane - %X%P%S
Selected in Right pane - %T%R

[Dalai]

Well, you can append files to another with TC: copy a file (F5), type the name of an existing file and select "Append" in the overwrite dialog, and confirm the action. This also works with a greater number of files (although it's a bit of a hassle to handle all confirmations) and regardless of whether the files are in the same panel or not.

Regards
Dalai

[Hacker]

Dalai,

select "Append" in the overwrite dialog

IIRC this does not work with the default copy mode, only with TC's own copy mode.

Roman

[Dalai]

2Hacker
I just tested it and it works without a hitch, regardless of the copy method.

Regards
Dalai

[Hacker]

Dalai,
Funny, perhaps it was implemented meanwhile?
Missing append button

Roman

[Dalai]

2Hacker
Looks like it:

01.12.08 Release Total Commander 7.50 Beta 1
[...]
12.11.08 Added: Offer "Append" option also when using compatibility mode, by using internal copy method when "Append" is chosen

Regards
Dalai

[Hacker]

Dalai,
Thanks.

Roman

[sorcar]

Thanks, Ovg. I did this:

Command: %comspec% /c copy /b
Parameters: %C1+%C2

I have found this working whether the files are in the same or in different panes. Only, I needed to return the cursor to the source pane.

I should perhaps clarify my intent in case someone finds it useful.

I have a slightly different set of files than in the .txt file example I gave above. My pair of files are "Picture of Robert Frost.jpg" and "Poems of Robert Frost.zip". [There are many more such]. I wanted to add them by running:

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copy /b "Picture of Robert Frost.jpg" + "Poems of Robert Frost.zip"

The .jpg file and the .zip file may in the same or different panes.

For anybody who might wonder why, this adds the .zip file to the .jpg file, which can be viewed by pressing Control+PgDn on the .jpg file. I can thus archive a scan of the whole Robert Frost book (in zip format) inside his image! It is a stenographic technique, but for my purpose it is smart archiving.

I added this long, somewhat off-topic explanation, hoping that some rare ones may find this unorthodox use worthwhile.

Thanks.

[petermad]

2Ovg

1. In The same pane
First selected file - %C1
Second selected file - %C2

2. Different Panes
Selected in Left pane - %X%P%S
Selected in Right pane - %T%R

You can till use %C1 and %C2 also for files in different panels, but notice that if the focus is on the right panel then %C1 will still be the file in the left panel and %C2 the one in the right panel.

[petermad]

2sorcar

to the .jpg file, which can be viewed by pressing Control+PgDn on the .jpg file.

This seems to only work if you have Total7zip installed as a packer plugin and if it installed before the Imagine packer plugin (if you have both).

[sorcar]

2petermad

This seems to only work if you have Total7zip installed as a packer plugin and if it installed before the Imagine packer plugin (if you have both).

How in the world did you find out? I thought, presumptuously, that the internal un-RAR function of TC does it (as WinRAR can open such jpg files with zip files). I have noted though that changing author.jpg to author.jpg.zip can be opened without any plugin.

It is a lifesaving tip to me when I am scanning my personal library of printed books and putting them behind images of their authors. Thanks, Petermad.