PA 21.00.18 running on Windows 7 64 bit.
I made a big .PA file and thought I’d check it was made correctly with Menu / Actions / Test.
Discovered:
a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.
WinRAR 5 has a rather useful option in some cases, which is to be able to create an archive by replacing identical files with a reference to the first occurrence (hardlink) within the archive.
In case you choose to convert the file with PowerArchiver to another format, however, the resulting archive does not have all the files. It does not consider those that were present as hardlinks.
If you do a normal extraction of the RAR archive instead, even with PowerArchivier, all the files are extracted correctly.
Upload to FTP counts -%?
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I am uploading a .7z file to my FTP and its counting completed it -%'s and not showing a progress bar. I am pretty sure its uploading the file.
Also…when you click on cancel it seems to take it as a suggestion and you have to hit the exit button 3-4 times for the window to finally close. It does this when zipping files as well…any idea on that?
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Not sure about ftp uploading, but during Compression/Extraction “Cancel” actually means when current file operation (that’s file NOT archive) is finished.
PA has to wait for the “library” function to return control to the GUI.Actually, maybe ftp is similar??
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I have attached the pic I took of it uploading to my FTP.
As far as canceling or stopping an archive/FTP upload in progress…what is the best method? Like I said currently I hit the x button 3-4 times and it will close.
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Not sure about ftp uploading, but during Compression/Extraction “Cancel” actually means when current file operation (that’s file NOT archive) is finished.
PA has to wait for the “library” function to return control to the GUI.I understand this is true for PA, but I wish it would cancel when you hit cancel. 7Zip, for example, cancels immediately when you tell it to, there is no waiting, no matter how large the current file happens to be.
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uploading via File> Send> FTP?
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Yeah, after I created the archive I right clicked then did PA…FTP it and then the location.
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I understand this is true for PA, but I wish it would cancel when you hit cancel. 7Zip, for example, cancels immediately when you tell it to, there is no waiting, no matter how large the current file happens to be.
complaining about it is first and major step into fixing it :-)
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Yeah, after I created the archive I right clicked then did PA…FTP it and then the location.
ok, thats from shell… will take an look
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Did you want me to try it from the program itself? Also…I second the suggestion that Dragon57 had…hitting cancel should probably cancel the whole thing (at least IMO). Should i start a thread in the suggestions/wishlist area?
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Did you want me to try it from the program itself? Also…I second the suggestion that Dragon57 had…hitting cancel should probably cancel the whole thing (at least IMO). Should i start a thread in the suggestions/wishlist area?
yes please… and yes, you should want everything to work to your liking… then if something is not possible for whatever reason, we will say so.
but do not be restricted by what we say :-)
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Odd spwolf….I tried another file and its at 100% uploaded (done same way) but there is no way its done…its a 6 GB file (other was 2gb) both were done in the same way. I just tried to upload them by opening PA and it stays at 0 bytes and wont even attempt to upload. Hmmm.
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ok, we will try from our end…
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OK I closed PA and reopened…and inside PA I did another upload (same file and it is now uploading…but has the same issue (% doesn’t change on this one). Must be a % based issue…hope I was of help!
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very helpful!
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I have been watching this thread. I have tried it several times, and the progress bars and the %s are working just fine.
I have tried it within PA and using the shell. Works fine either place.
Odd
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i suspect it has something to do with files over 2 GB / 4GB and since this entirely new component in 2011, it makes sense.
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Does make sense.
But I am giving it a test right now. If my results are different, I will let you know. But FTPing a file in excess of 2 gig will definitely take some time.
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I did not wait for it to finish.
For what it is worth, I got a slightly different result.
My progress started at above 250% – and it was counting down (252, 251, 250 . . .)
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that was file over 2 GB?
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yes . . . about 2.6
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Both mine were over 2 GB. One was 2.2 and the other was 6+. Other files do work fine.
