Overwriting into Rar archive without warning!

eugensyl · Post by *eugensyl » 2007-12-01, 10:47 UTC

I think it'a a bug:
LEFT: inside a RAR archive with file1.ext, file2.ext, file3.ext, ...
RIGHT: file2.ext

Copy file2 into RAR with F5, in fact a compress action.

After first dialog box, file2.ext from RIGHT will overwrite file2.ext from inside of archive (LEFT), without any warning message.

Maybe, a check box with 'Overwrite automatically same/newest file' can be useful.

fenix_productions · Post by *fenix_productions » 2007-12-01, 12:51 UTC

Confirmed.

Imho it is WinRAR error too. I've got 3.51 version here. When I open two archives with same files and drag'n'drop the content between them, there is no waning message. Only packing properties window is shown but without "allow overwrite" type question.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2007-12-03, 19:57 UTC

In fact TC leaves it up to the external packer to show a warning or not. Other packers like ACE do ask whether the user wants to overwrite a file, or all files.

eugensyl · Post by *eugensyl » 2007-12-05, 08:54 UTC

ghisler(Author) wrote:In fact TC leaves it up to the external packer to show a warning or not. Other packers like ACE do ask whether the user wants to overwrite a file, or all files.

Many thanks!
I will show this topic to the author of WinRAR.