Extracting files from archives with non-english named items inside...

Submitted by Paranoid Android on Mon, 2007-03-19 22:07
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Hallo!

1) I have a RAR archive that contains one folder with few subfolders with files. The name of root folder, subfolders and files are non-English (Russian) . The RAR archive was created using Winrar in Windows.

When I make double click on shuch folder in BetterZip 1.4.2 the Transcript Drawer holds the following information:

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UNRAR 3.60 beta 6 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Alexander Roshal

Extracting from /Users/Kazak/Desktop/BetterZip1.rar

Creating /Users/Kazak/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/.BetterZipTempFolder_0016cbc9bb72/.BetterZip Temporary Folder (0016cbc9bb72) 10/папка OK
Creating /Users/Kazak/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/.BetterZipTempFolder_0016cbc9bb72/.BetterZip Temporary Folder (0016cbc9bb72) 10/папка/b2 OK
Extracting /Users/Kazak/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/.BetterZipTempFolder_0016cbc9bb72/.BetterZip Temporary Folder (0016cbc9bb72) 10/папка/b2/Test.doc OK
All OK
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BUT, Finder does not open extracted folder, unlike is does when I make a double click on english named folder...

Can I ask you to fix it please...

2) I have a test RAR archive, which is incorrectrly interpreted by Betterzip:

- RAR archive contains a number of root folders with one subfolder inside each with files. The names of root folders are non-English (Russian). When I try to extract most of them Betterzip's Transcript Drawer shows "No files to extract..." message...

How to fix it?

Here is the link to the test RAR archive:
http://rapidshare.com/files/21835237/BetterZip.rar.html

3) I also have ZIP archive (made by WinZip) contains items named in Russian. So they are displayed incorretly (different codepage???) in main Betterzip window...

What to do???

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Submitted by Robert on Mon, 2007-03-19 23:05.

Thanks for the rar archive. It always helps in debugging to have the problematic file. Does BetterZip extract the files and only not open the folder after finishing or doesn't it extract at all?

Can I get the zip file as well, please? Filename encoding in zip files is not 100% accurate, but I'll work on that.

Submitted by --- (not verified) on Tue, 2007-03-20 07:25.

Concerning RAR archives with non-english named items:

- some of them are extracted in temporary folder without openning extracted folder in Finder...

- some of them are not extracted at all with "No files to extract..." message in Betterzip's Transcript Drawer...

The link to example of last group of rar archives I presented in last post (the function of attaching small size files to the posts would be very usefull).

Concerning ZIP archive:

the link to sample ZIP archive is given below
http://rapidshare.com/files/21893760/Betterzip.zip.html

Submitted by Robert on Tue, 2007-03-20 10:48.

Okay, thanks! I can reproduce some problems with the rar file now. It seems that doing a 1-Click Extract works as it should, but extracting single files fails. I'll fix that with the next version.

I don't think I will enable uploading files, but you can always send problematic files by e-mail to my betterzip07 address. Or click "Get in touch" in the BetterZip help menu.

Submitted by --- (not verified) on Tue, 2007-03-20 11:27.

Is your E-mail betterzip07 at macitbetter ??? [RR: edited slightly]

Submitted by Robert on Tue, 2007-03-20 11:28.

Exactly ;) You can also use the link on the contact page.

Submitted by --- (not verified) on Tue, 2007-03-20 12:13.

When are you going to make a new release of Betterzip?

Submitted by Robert on Tue, 2007-03-20 12:48.

In about two weeks. If I have a stable version that fixes your problem sooner, I'll upload it as beta version and post the link here.

Submitted by AKazak on Sat, 2007-04-07 10:35.

How is it going Robert?

Submitted by Robert on Sat, 2007-04-07 16:52.

No news yet, sorry. I am still working on this encoding problem. I have to change the way BetterZip uses unrar completely. This should not only solve the encoding problems, but enhance speed at the same time. The downside is that it is a lot of work and takes longer than anticipated.

Submitted by AKazak on Sun, 2007-04-08 08:31.

What is the approximate date of release?

Submitted by Robert on Mon, 2007-04-09 10:35.

I can't say, it's really a big change internally.

Submitted by AKazak on Mon, 2007-04-09 11:10.

Weeks, months or years?
:-)

Submitted by Robert on Mon, 2007-04-09 11:18.

Ah okay, weeks of course. If I can't get it out in April, I'll try to find another job. Anybody need a gardener?

Submitted by AKazak on Fri, 2007-04-20 16:21.

April is ending..

How is it?

Submitted by Robert on Sat, 2007-04-21 09:32.

Oh, come on. I still have ten days. ;) I'll send you an e-mail when a new version is available, okay? This way you don't have to check the web site every day or so.

Submitted by AKazak on Sat, 2007-04-21 09:42.

OK, understood..

Submitted by AKazak on Wed, 2007-05-23 07:49.

How is it going Robert?
Do you need help?

Submitted by Robert on Wed, 2007-05-23 10:22.

Oh, hi! No thanks, it just wasn't going very fast the last weeks, but I am back on track. The good news is that the rar/encoding thing is already done. I only have to finish a few things with two other new, very neat features. I hope to have a beta out early next week.