[solved - can not be changed] TC 7.50 and up - TotalSQX unpacker doesn't work for comparing by content in the Sync Tool

The behaviour described in the bug report is either by design, or would be far too complex/time-consuming to be changed

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[solved - can not be changed] TC 7.50 and up - TotalSQX unpacker doesn't work for comparing by content in the Sync Tool

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If I in the "Synchronize directories" tool try to compare a directory to the content of a SQX archive, and I have checked the option "by content", no comparing takes place.

Tested with TotalSQX plugin version 2.11 - https://totalcmd.net/plugring/totalsqx.html on Windows 7

Installed as:
sqx=607,%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\wcx\Total SQX\TotalSQX.wcx

This is not new to TC 9.50 - it is like that since TC 8.50 or earlier

Is it a shortcomming in TC or in the TolatSQX plugin?
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Re: TC 7.50 and up - TotalSQX unpacker doesn't work for comparing by content in the Sync Tool

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Indeed Compare by content in Synchronize directories is disabled for packers supporting solid archives, e.g. also for 7zip.
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Is it possible for TC to detect whether the archive is actually packed with the solid option, and if not support Compare by content in Synchronize directories?
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Re: TC 7.50 and up - TotalSQX unpacker doesn't work for comparing by content in the Sync Tool

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After looking at the code, the problem is elsewhere: SQX doesn't unpack file by file - it only unpacks all files together when it received the final command. Therefore it's not possible to unpack the files one by one for the sync comparison.
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Re: [solved - can not be changed] TC 7.50 and up - TotalSQX unpacker doesn't work for comparing by content in the Sync T

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OK
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