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   Message 13,776 of 16,010   
   Bj”rn Wiberg to g00r00   
   Unpack Cmd junk paths and downloads   
   08 Aug 21 21:19:40   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
   MSGID: 2:201/137 6457c65f   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   Hello g00r00!   
      
   It is my understanding that the Unpack Cmd of archivers should junk paths to   
   make sure that Mystic will find the extracted file in the root of the temp   
   directory, e.g. when (V)iewing an archive (non-built-in formats) and choosing   
   to (D)ownload a file. Is that correct?   
      
   As you already know, some archivers (e.g. tar) require archive members to be   
   specified by their full path when extracting parts of (specific files from) an   
   archive.   
      
   Right now I'm having the issue that albeit I can specify the path to an   
   archive member at the (D)ownload file name prompt -- e.g. subdir/test2.txt --   
   which is great! -- the extracted file will (because of "junk path" flags to the   
   archiver) end up as test2.txt in the top of the temp directory. Mystic fails   
   to find the file as subdir/test2.txt inside the temp directory, and does   
   nothing (you get no file).   
      
   If you (D)ownload again, and this time specify test2.txt, it will actually   
   fail to extract it (you didn't specify a full path this time!), but find the   
   previously junk-path-extracted test2.txt, and give you that for download.   
      
   Shouldn't Mystic be looking for the basename of the entered File Name when   
   trying to locate the extracted file for download?   
      
   (But *do* allow for the entered File Name to be a path -- just as it is now!   
   -- as some archivers require it.)   
      
   Best regards   
   Bj”rn   
   --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/08/08 (Linux/64)   
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