View (Lister) before unpacking

[MarcinW]

I have many large (~2GB) log files zipped. If I want to view beginning of a log file, I must:
a) wait a few dozen of seconds for unpacking
or
b) go to TEMP folder and view partially unpacked file using F3.

So my suggestion is: please launch Lister with temp file immediately, before full unpacking. This doesn't cause any problems - it behaves exactly as viewing file, that is being downloaded - after pressing PageDown file contents are being refreshed.

I know, that for JPG, BMP... files this may cause problems with displaying. So maybe the best solution would be to add a button "View now" to the unpack dialog, if the unpacking was caused by pressing F3 inside archive.

Regards

[ZoSTeR]

Workaround:
Use 7-Zip with

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7za e -so logfile.zip |more

or put it on a button with command:

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%comspec% /k <path_to>\7za.exe

params:

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e -so "%P%O.%E" |more

Ps. You can either use 7z.exe + 7-zip.dll or the standalone 7za.exe (console version)

For more comfort replace "more" with "less.exe" from Gow

[MarcinW]

ZoSTeR, thank you for your tip. As I tested, it's useful when I have one log file zipped. In case of having more than one file zipped inside archive, 7zip displays them one after another, in order in which they have been packed.

So I hope that we will find "View now" button in one of the future versions of TC...

Regards