Bug 460886 - Make it possible to extract files without also extracting their parent folders
Summary: Make it possible to extract files without also extracting their parent folders
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: ark
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 22.08.1
Platform: Debian unstable Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Elvis Angelaccio
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Reported: 2022-10-23 08:59 UTC by tomtomtomreportingin
Modified: 2025-09-12 12:46 UTC (History)
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Description tomtomtomreportingin 2022-10-23 08:59:24 UTC 
SUMMARY
Something that's been bothering me for a while is that when I choose to select and extract specific folders/files, it also extracts the parent folders along with them. This is particularly annoying when I need a specific file structure for something to work: for example adding a plugin to a certain program.

It may be suggested to disable "Preserve paths when extracting", but this ruins the structure of folders I've decided to extract.

Let's look at this folder structure within a zip:
- folder1
-> folder2
-->folder3*
-->file1*

There is currently no way to quickly extract only folder3 + file1, without ark also extracting their parents folder1 and folder2, despite the fact that I did not select them.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian sid
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0
Qt Version: 5.15.6