[solved] TC 9.5b12 - Can no longer read subdirs in sqx archives correctly

[petermad]

TC 9.5b12 can no longer read subfolders in sqx archives (both solid and non solid) correctly.

To test - download this sqx archive with files from TC 9.5b2: https://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/tc950b2.sqx and try an go into the Language folder - only the *.inc files are shown - do the same with TC 9.5b11 - all language files are shown.

Probably has to do with one of these changes:

08.01.20 Added: Further improved speed of switching between directories within a large archive (32/64)
31.12.19 Added: Faster loading of large archives, and faster switching between directories within that archive (32/64)

or maybe this:

08.01.20 Fixed: Going back to a different directory within an archive via history was re-reading the entire archive (32/64)

Tested with TotalSQX plugin version 2.11 - https://totalcmd.net/plugring/totalsqx.html on Windows 7

[ghisler(Author)]

Confirmed, thanks for the sample file - this will help me a lot finding the reason.

[ghisler(Author)]

The reason is the special structure of SQX archives: Files are not grouped by directory but by extension, to make solid archives smaller. The error occurs when a file in the archive root appears after a file in a subdirectory. It's easy to fix.

[petermad]

But this file is not packed with the solid option enabled...

[ghisler(Author)]

That's not the point here: The problem is the SQX library used: It has a function "UnpackFiles(list of files)". However, TC calls "ProcessFile(extract)" for each individual file, which is incompatible with the SQX library. Therefore it unpacks like this: When TC calls ProcessFile, the SQX plugin just remembers what to unpack. The actual unpacking only occurs when CloseArchive is called. Unpacking or viewing single files works fine this way, but comparing (which occurs after each ProcessFile call) doesn't work because the file isn't there.

[petermad]

Confirmed fixed in TC 9.4b12a