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.