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TAR.BZ2 and TAR.GZ

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Is it possible to untar directory list to memory immediately after as removing bzip2 and gzip layer? This would eliminate the unnecessary extraction of encapsulated tar into temporary directory.
Basically, I am saying that when entering a file with extension ".tar.bz2" or ".tar.gz", Total Commander should (wishfully) show contents of the tarball immediately as opposed to the single tarfile which needs extraction from gzip/bz2 to view directory list.
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The problem is that the list of names is spread over the entire file, so TC would have to unpack the internal TAR file anyway. Since this can take a while, it shows the TAR file first.
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