The extraction menu has a checkbox for whether or not to extract the files directly in the selected directory, or to first create a subdirectory inside that one and extract everything into that directory. However, the files are always extracted in a subdirectory, regardless of the checkbox. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open a zip archive with a directory structure in it, f.e. "archive-name.zip" 2. Select several files from it, f.e. the file "archive-name/some-folder/the.file" 3. Click "Extract" 4. Select a folder, f.e. "/foo" 5. Keep "Extract into subdirectory" unchecked. 6. Extract Actual Results: File is extracted to "/foo/archive-name/some-folder/the.file" Expected Results: File should be extracted to "/foo/some-folder/the.file"
I think maybe you're confusing the "Extraction into subfolder" and "Preserve paths when extracting" options. The "Extraction into subfolder" option is used to create a folder and extract the archive into it. The "Preserve paths when extracting" is used to extract the files with their paths, i.e. creating the folder structure inside the archive when extracting. So if you uncheck "Preserve paths when extracting" you should get the desired functionality.
Can you confirm my previous comment?
When "Preserve paths when extracting" is unchecked, all files are extracted in the root directory, that is almost never the desired behavior. I think this is what it boils down to: some archives just exist of a bunch of files and directories, while others define a "root folder" inside the archive. I'm not sure, but I think that many compression tools create this root folder by default, even though you are only selecting files for compression instead of a folder. When extracted without "Extract into subfolder", the latter type of archive will still appear as if it was extracted into a subfolder, because the "root folder" of the archive is the folder where all the files are in. But when "Extract into subfolder" is enabled, that root folder (which is mostly the same as the name of the archive), will appear twice. Hopefully you understand what I mean. It's possible that the functions are implemented correctly, but just behave different from how all other extraction tools I've used before behave. I noticed that because it annoyed me, that's the reason I filed this issue.
I can't reproduce this with Ark 15.08.0. Can you try with this version?
How can I upgrade to that version? I'm on 2.19 now...
(In reply to Steven Roose from comment #5) > How can I upgrade to that version? I'm on 2.19 now... Is it not packaged for Fedora?
Created attachment 94308 [details] attachment-28056-0.html Well, I'm on the latest version on Fedora... On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Ragnar Thomsen <rthomsen6@gmail.com> wrote: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351593 > > --- Comment #6 from Ragnar Thomsen <rthomsen6@gmail.com> --- > (In reply to Steven Roose from comment #5) > > How can I upgrade to that version? I'm on 2.19 now... > > Is it not packaged for Fedora? > > -- > You are receiving this mail because: > You are on the CC list for the bug. >
I get the same behavior in Ark 15.08.2 (Kubuntu 15.10). "Preserve Paths" is unchecked, "Subfolder" is unchecked, yet the folder structure is preserved when I extract a single file.
(In reply to Hans Überacher from comment #8) > I get the same behavior in Ark 15.08.2 (Kubuntu 15.10). "Preserve Paths" is > unchecked, "Subfolder" is unchecked, yet the folder structure is preserved > when I extract a single file. Which archive format (tar, zip, ...) were you using?
(In reply to Steven Roose from comment #3) > When extracted without "Extract into subfolder", the latter type of archive > will still appear as if it was extracted into a subfolder, because the "root > folder" of the archive is the folder where all the files are in. This is the intended behavior. If the archive has a root folder and if you are preserving the paths, then the root folder will occur in the extracted path, because it's just a normal folder. > But when > "Extract into subfolder" is enabled, that root folder (which is mostly the > same as the name of the archive), will appear twice. This is also intentional, although I'd agree that it doesn't make much sense. > > Hopefully you understand what I mean. It's possible that the functions are > implemented correctly, but just behave different from how all other > extraction tools I've used before behave. I noticed that because it annoyed > me, that's the reason I filed this issue. So, what you really want is the following feature/option: "always discard the root folder if it has the same name of the archive". If you can confirm this, I will mark this report as whish instead of bug. @Hans Überacher: please open another report for your issue.
@Steven: can you confirm my previous comment?
Waiting for more info.
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