Total Commander

I work with embedded systems and so extracting file systems such as jffs2, squashfs is something that I do very frequently in TC. When trying to perform synchronization on an extracted squashfs directory listing and a target directory, I receive an error saying that only certain combinations are supported as shown in this image https://www.dropbox.com/s/gtn2dv2l9di53oo/Tc_sync_failure.jpg.

If TC was able to extract successfully, why does it limit itself to only the combination shown in the error above?

is it just me or is this a common problem? Why does TC limit itself to just the combinations it listed in the error message?

directory <-> directory
ftp <-> directory
zip <-> directory
...

after all, there are WCX plugins for extra packing and unpacking functionality which makes TC a power tool. That being said, TC should also allow the synchronize function to work on extracted files rendered in panels and NOT just on the combinations listed above.

I'm I being unreasonable here?

billiebub wrote:is it just me or is this a common problem? Why does TC limit itself to just the combinations it listed in the error message?

directory <-> directory
ftp <-> directory
zip <-> directory
...

after all, there are WCX plugins for extra packing and unpacking functionality which makes TC a power tool. That being said, TC should also allow the synchronize function to work on extracted files rendered in panels and NOT just on the combinations listed above.

I'm I being unreasonable here?

Yes you are unreasonable and it looks like you have no idea about programing.
To sync files there must be a way to compare them which is sometimes only possible after downloading all files to local storage.
A file listing in a panel from a plugin is not always sufficient for this.

If you read my last post you should learn that the files have already been extracted. I'm not referring to virtual file systems here or WDX data. I'm dealing with actual file systems and files have been extracted successfully (see screenshot).

The issue stems from the fact that TC was successfully able to extract the files and render them in the panels but only support 4 combinations. That being said, why limit to only these 4 when it's possible to extract from other sources?