Extracting folders within RAR archives does not work

[j]

When using WinRAR (3.80) instead of the internal un-rar, it is not possible to extract a single folder within an archive.

Assume something like:

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test.rar
+ [test]
|  |-  test1.txt
|- test2.txt

Extracting [face=courier]test1.txt[/face] and [face=courier]test2.txt[/face] works just fine (as does Alt+F9 to extract the whole archive) but when I try to extract the [face=courier]test[/face] folder, a cmd.exe window with "echo off" pops up and a "No archives found" warning is shown.
Using the internal un-rar everything works as expected.

This all happens using TC 7.5b5.

[ghisler(Author)]

I will check that, it may be a limitation of RAR.

[j]

Just a note:
It works fine with TC 7.04.

(I haven't checked other 7.5 beta releases)

[WhACKO]

I can confirm on 7.5PB5, with winar.exe as unpacker, I can't extract empty folders by copying them, alt+F9 works.

[Clo]

2j

Hello !

• I cannot confirm following the scheme:
1. Paked 2 folders with WinRar 3.5 in TC, one empty and one containing some files,
2. Opened the RAR archive,
3. Selected the two folders in the archive,
4. Copied via Drag&Drop into a temp. directory :
• The two folders are copied alright, even the empty one…

 KR
Claude
Clo

[j]

Sorry, I just realized that this only happens when you have a subfolder of depth >1.

So

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test.rar
|- [dir1]
|      |- [dir2]
|             |- file

Then try to extract [face=courier]dir2[/face].

A temporary batch file is created with

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echo off
W:
cd \TEST\DIR2
"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" e -c- ’f DIR1\DIR2\*.*

Note the strange characters instead of the archive name.

[ghisler(Author)]

Looks like a Unicode problem. I will check that, thanks.

[ghisler(Author)]

I can confirm that it's a Unicode problem. It will be fixed in the next beta.

[zlatan24]

2j

Hello !

• I cannot confirm following the scheme:
1. Paked 2 folders with WinRar 3.5 in TC, one empty and one containing some files,
2. Opened the RAR archive,
3. Selected the two folders in the archive,
4. Copied via Drag&Drop into a temp. directory :
• The two folders are copied alright, even the empty one…

 KR
Claude
Clo

My friend advised me one tool and I found it

[karlchen]

Hello, Christian.

The issue seems to have been resolved in Total Commander 7.50a.

Testing environment:
+ Total Commander 7.50a
+ options used: InternalUnrar=0 and RAR=C:\Utils\wrar390d\WinRAR.exe
+ WinRAR 3.90 (32bit)
+ Windows XP Prof SP2, 32bit

Kind regards,
Karl

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks!

[fpostma]

I noticed this issue also seems to appear if you untick 'unpack pathnames if stored'. Which does make sense but is confusing if you are selecting a directory within a rar to copy/extract.

With that option 'off' it will copy the directory as empty and extract all files from within that directory (in rar) into the destanation directory (where one would expect the files to be placed under the subdir just extracted)