Created attachment 141275 [details] screenshot with the error SUMMARY When I try to create an archive with user prompt using `ark -c a.txt b.txt` it gives me the error "You need to either supply a filename for the archive or a suffix (such as rar, tar.gz) with the --autofilename argument." I am confused since I did not use the -f (--autofilename) argument anyway. Can anyone point me in the right direction to create an archive with selected files? I would like to "query the user for an archive filename", just like the option -c is supposed to work. STEPS TO REPRODUCE ark -c a.txt b.txt OBSERVED RESULT error EXPECTED RESULT query the user for an archive filename SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Kubuntu 21.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.80.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.11.0-31-generic OS Type: 64-bit Graphics Platform: X11
I agree the description of the -c argument does not match the actual result (it does say "Query the user for an archive filename [...]"). As a workaround, you can pass -d as well, this shows the file creation dialog where you can enter an archive name.
Behavior is immediately reproducible over here, just use -c with any file name. Not sure if it's a bug? At the very least the help message is incorrect, as it states "Query the user for an archive filename and add specified files to it. Quit when finished." Ark does not at any point query anything, it just fails with the screenshotted error message.
I see two ways out of this: - easiest: change the text of the help to just say it's to specify the files to add to the archive - harder, unclear if we want that: actually prompt the user for a filename with a dialog of some sort The easy option requires just one change in main.cpp and it's more or less what I'd expect a command line tool to behave like. The line to be changed is here: https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/blob/master/app/main.cpp?ref_type=heads#L126 (and in all the i18n files)
Alternatively, could swap this error in https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/blob/master/kerfuffle/addtoarchive.cpp?ref_type=heads#L139 for an input prompt of some sort.
Working on a fix here: https://invent.kde.org/wkroneman/ark/-/commits/issue-441964 It goes the "prompt the user" roue