Move files from inside an archieve

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NotMyBug
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Move files from inside an archieve

Post by *NotMyBug »

Probably too late for TC 7.5, however, I still like to place my suggestion because I often need that feature and get the 'TC - function not supported - popup'. I think it's not too difficult to code this feature as archive repacking is already supported by TC.

Details:
You doubleclicked an archive e.g. ZIP and TC shows the containing files:
If you try to move a file you will get 'function not supported'.
If you try to delete a file it works seamlessly (repacking).
If you try to copy a file it works too.

Since move is nothing else than copy+delete it is hard to understand why this is not supported. Might be just a forgotten function.
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

It's not supported because especially with external unpackers TC cannot control what was really unpacked and what not, so it would be too risky to delete the files after unpacking.
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