Additional paths created in archive

peterr

I’m creating an archive with extension .tar.gz

PA is creating additional paths in the archive, that is, creating a path that is NOT on the local system. The pathnames, in all cases, are being named with a backslash.

It appears to be happening for all paths, where there are no files within that path.

This is a problem I reported in April this year, see this post

If I use PACL to examine the archive, it reports the additional paths, for example …

pathname1\pathname2\pathname3\pathname4\
0 Tarred 0% 0 04/12/2007 20:29:34 00001d73

If I use 7-Zip or PEAZIP to open the archive created by PA, they both show the additional paths in the archive.

Any chance of this being fixed please ??

spwolf

is this happening to all paths or only if path+filename is over 99 char?

thanks

peterr

@spwolf:

is this happening to all paths or only if path+filename is over 99 char?

It is happening to all paths that have no files.

There were 3 paths that had no files, and PA created the archive with 3 additional paths, each path underneath those three, and they were all named backslash.

I’m sure it is a different problem to the “length” problem.

The length problem was occurring when extracting (uncompressing) a tar.gz, and this problem is happening when an archive is being created.

Besides, I just checked one of those paths, and it was only 49 chars (path+filename).

This would be easy to replicate, just create 2 paths, one with files in it, and one without files, then create an archive of tar.gz

spwolf

thank you!

spwolf

so it has to have 4 levels of path? can you attach example archive please?

thanks

peterr

@spwolf:

so it has to have 4 levels of path?

Actually, a small test just showed the same error, and there were only 3 levels of paths. Here is the structure I used

F:>dir temp\powera~1\ /s

Directory of F:\temp\powera~1

07/19/2007 03:49 PM

<dir>.
07/19/2007 03:49 PM

<dir>…
07/19/2007 03:56 PM

<dir>pathwithfiles
07/19/2007 03:49 PM

<dir>pathwithoutfiles
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of F:\temp\powera~1\pathwithfiles

07/19/2007 03:56 PM

<dir>.
07/19/2007 03:56 PM

<dir>…
03/12/2007 02:41 PM 1,273 index.php
1 File(s) 1,273 bytes

Directory of F:\temp\powera~1\pathwithoutfiles

07/19/2007 03:49 PM

<dir>.
07/19/2007 03:49 PM

<dir>…
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Total Files Listed:
1 File(s) 1,273 bytes
8 Dir(s) 19,059,482,624 bytes free

F:></dir>

</dir>

</dir>

</dir>

</dir>

</dir>

</dir>

</dir>

The folder was called ‘powerarchiver’, and I created a tar.gz of it, and yes, the same problem again. Other achivers show the extra path with a backslash, and here is the output from a verbose list from PAEXT

PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) Version 4.01 [Mar 07 2005]
Copyright© 1999-2005 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
This product is licensed to: ******* *********
Archive Extr.—ZIP,CAB,LHA,ARJ,RAR,ARC,ACE,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2,UUE,ZOO,B64,YENC,…
Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com Email: support@conexware.com

Archive –> f:\temp\patest.tar.gz [GZIPed TAR]

Name Length Method Ratio Size Date & Time CRC-32
–---------- -------- -------- ----- -------- ------------------- --------
powerachiver\pathwithfiles\index.php
1273 Tarred 0% 1273 03/12/2007 14:41:56 00001ded
powerachiver\pathwithoutfiles\
0 Tarred 0% 0 07/19/2007 15:49:30 00001c1f

*Totals 2 0 0% 0 07/19/2007 15:57:22

spwolf

peter - powerarchiver also shows extra backslash or?

peterr

@spwolf:

peter - powerarchiver also shows extra backslash or?

PA only shows an empty path (screendump attached).

ivan

peterr,

The issue should be fixed in 10.20 Beta 3. Thanks!

peterr

Thanks Ivan. :)

ivan

Please check with Beta 3 preview:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/powarc1020b3.exe

and let us know if it works properly now.

thanks!

peterr

Installed beta 3 preview, and used it to open the previously created archive, and noticed it didn’t show the path without files at all.

Created a new archive with Beta 3 preview, and PA didn’t show the path without files.

Here is what PAEXT showed with a verbose listing of the newly created archive patest2.tar.gz , displaying the path without files …

D:\PACL>paext -v f:\temp\patest2.tar.gz
PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) Version 4.01 [Mar 07 2005]
Copyright© 1999-2005 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
This product is licensed to: ******** ************
Archive Extr.—ZIP,CAB,LHA,ARJ,RAR,ARC,ACE,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2,UUE,ZOO,B64,YENC,…
Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com Email: support@conexware.com

Archive –> f:\temp\patest2.tar.gz [GZIPed TAR]

Name Length Method Ratio Size Date & Time CRC-32
–---------- -------- -------- ----- -------- ------------------- --------
powerachiver\pathwithfiles\index.php
1273 Tarred 0% 1273 03/12/2007 14:41:56 00001ded
powerachiver\pathwithoutfiles
0 Tarred 0% 0 07/19/2007 15:49:30 00001bc3

*Totals 2 0 0% 0 08/02/2007 20:51:04

and this is what the Beta 3 preview release of PA showed , that path without files is not shown …

ivan

Thanks!

Empty folders wasn’t shown at all in 10.20 - will be fixed in 10.20 Beta 3 Public.

spwolf

Please check with Beta 3 Rev2:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/powarc1020b3.exe

and let us know if it is fixed.

thanks!

spwolf

Please check with with 10.20 RC1 and let us know what happens.

http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/powarc1020.exe

thank you!

peterr

The path without files is now showing okay, in 10.20.09

Thanks for fixing it. :)