Bug 93707

Summary:	Find dialog: option should include archive contents
Product:	[Applications] kfind	Reporter:	Andreas Schallenberg <Andreas.Schallenberg>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	funkybomber
Priority:	NOR
Version:	24.01.95
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Andreas Schallenberg 2004-11-22 09:43:16 UTC

Version:           3.3.1 (using KDE 3.3.1, SuSE)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.5-7.111-default

It would be nice to have the konqueror "find files"
dialog search the contents of gz, bz2, zip, ... archives.

Reason for me: I compress folders to archives when
they will be rarely used in future. Unfortunately this
excludes them from any search.

So an checkbox in the find dialog where the user
can enable the inclusion of archives' contents would
be great.

Comment 1 funkybomber 2024-02-13 07:33:56 UTC

While I find this feature request reasonable this bug report is way too old and has seen no love yet so I seriously doubt it will ever be implemented.

Marked as NEEDSINFO:LATER because WONTFIX sounds a bit abrasive and I don't know for sure.

Is this considered worth implementing?

Personally I have not used zipped files for storage of personal files for quite some time now, so I would have less incentives to run a search inside zipped files. But I think that if we have the resources to do it it could be a nice feature to have. It could be useful when digging through very old files (college assignments etc).

Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2024-02-28 03:46:29 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
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no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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Comment 3 Andreas Schallenberg 2024-02-28 17:48:07 UTC

This bug is now marked as NEEDSINFO, but what extra information can I provide? I would still find this feature useful and encourage me to use the mechanism more often.