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ags:
Hello!  :)

Need to unpack files in directories that have the same name as the archive.
There is a check box for this, but it looks like it is greyed-out and cannot be used.

Mathias (Author):
By default it should unpack it into a folder named after the archive..

That setting is if you select multiple files and want to unpack all of them into own subfolders..

ags:
> That setting is if you select multiple files and want to unpack all of them into own subfolders.
Indeed, if the user selects more archives, the checkbox is automatically selected. A choice that seems a little odd to me.

>By default it should unpack it into a folder named after the archive.
Yes, but this happens in the same directory the archive is.
Consider this scenario:
- in the left side I have an archive;
- I want to unpack it in the right side, in a directory with the same name.
How can I do that fairly common operation with MC?

Mathias (Author):

--- Quote from: ags on November 08, 2024, 17:52:42 ---> That setting is if you select multiple files and want to unpack all of them into own subfolders.
Indeed, if the user selects more archives, the checkbox is automatically selected. A choice that seems a little odd to me.

--- End quote ---
I think the most common situation is that you want them into separate folders. it is also what is most safe. You risk overwriting files from other archive if you unpack them into same location


--- Quote from: ags on November 08, 2024, 17:52:42 --->By default it should unpack it into a folder named after the archive.
Yes, but this happens in the same directory the archive is.
Consider this scenario:
- in the left side I have an archive;
- I want to unpack it in the right side, in a directory with the same name.
How can I do that fairly common operation with MC?

--- End quote ---
Most people expect unpack to end up in same folder. (since it was is happening by default in Windows explorer.)
But you can press the Target button and the entire path is change to the location of the Target panel.
and if you press the checkbox.. the default is change to always use the target panel location.

What you also can do. Is to handle the Zip/7z as a folder and just browse into it and select that you want to copy and copy from it to target as normal,  You do not need to "unpack" to unpack an archive..

ags:

--- Quote ---Most people expect unpack to end up in same folder. (since it was is happening by default in Windows explorer.)
--- End quote ---
This might be true to Windows Explorer, which does not have the other half, which the user can use for convenience.
MC is an orthodox file manager, meaning it has a dual panel interface. This is a very good idea, and all the operations and the default settings should be implemented considering this aspect. I am sure the other type of file managers, the Windows Explorer-like ones, also do things their way.
MC should not copy file managers from a different category.

--- Quote ---But you can press the Target button and the entire path is change to the location of the Target panel.
and if you press the checkbox.. the default is change to always use the target panel location.
--- End quote ---
I know, but this does not help in any way with the creation of a directory for a single archive unpack.

So my question still stands: I have an archive in panel A. I want to decompress it in panel B (that's why panel B is there - for convenience). My archive does not contain a top level directory so I want MC to create it for me, naming it like the archive. All in a single operation. How can I do that in MC?

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