Why .RAR file contains different files with the same name - rar

I got a .RAR file which contains different files with the same name.
For example,
index.txt 40 Text Document 04/01/2010 4:40PM
index.txt 22 Text Document 04/01/2010 4:42PM
index.txt 10 Text Document 04/01/2010 4:45PM
index.txt 13 Text Document 04/01/2010 4:50PM
Why?

Like said before, the files could be in separate paths, but as I'll show further, this isn't always the case.
If you use WinRAR to list the file contents and your options are set as the following, then it only appears you have files with the same name, but they are in different paths.
Options -> File list -> Flat folders view (ctrl+h)
Options -> File list -> Details
After the column CRC32, there is one called Path. If this is different, extraction shouldn't be a problem if:
Extract -> Extraction path and options -> Advanced -> Extract relative paths is set.
If it is Do not extract paths, WinRAR will need to ask you to rename them because of file system limitations.
I assume command line unrar won't be a problem in this case because you need to specify additional parameters to change its default behavior.
It is possible for a RAR archive to have multiple files with the same name in the same directory. If you use Windows, use "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Rar.exe"
instead of rar on the command line in the following examples.
Create a new file and add it to a RAR archive. You can also check the changes by listing its contents.
rar a rarfile.rar testfile.txt
rar l rarfile.rar
rar a rarfile.rar testfile.txt
If you try to re-add this file, rar will replace the already added file with the same name.
Updating archive rarfile.rar
Updating testfile.txt OK
Done
Create an other file or rename the first one and add it to the RAR file.
move testfile.txt second.txt (new file)
rar a rarfile.rar second.txt (add it)
rar lb rarfile.rar (list archive, bare info)
Rename the second file to the first one's name.
rar rn rarfile.rar second.txt testfile.txt
This is how you create a RAR file with multiple files of the same name in the same path. These steps will be similar in WinRAR. If you try to rename the file again, the file name of all files in that directory will change too.
Why would someone want to do this?
The only explanation I can think of is that the person that created this archive wanted to imitate a version control/backup system. But if you want to extract only one specific version and it isn't the first one, WinRAR extracts the wrong file. It seems I've found a very obscure WinRAR bug :-)
Edit: seems a bad explanation after finding this in the RAR documentation:
-ver[n] File version control
Forces RAR to keep previous file versions when updating
files in the already existing archive. Old versions are
renamed to 'filename;n', where 'n' is the version number.
By default, when unpacking an archive without the switch
-ver, RAR extracts only the last added file version, the name
of which does not include a numeric suffix. But if you specify
a file name exactly, including a version, it will be also
unpacked. For example, 'rar x arcname' will unpack only
last versions, when 'rar x arcname file.txt;5' will unpack
'file.txt;5', if it is present in the archive.
If you specify -ver switch without a parameter when unpacking,
RAR will extract all versions of all files that match
the entered file mask. In this case a version number is
not removed from unpacked file names. You may also extract
a concrete file version specifying its number as -ver parameter.
It will tell RAR to unpack only this version and remove
a version number from file names. For example,
'rar x -ver5 arcname' will unpack only 5th file versions.
If you specify 'n' parameter when archiving, it will limit
the maximum number of file versions stored in the archive.
Old file versions exceeding this threshold will be removed.

they are in different paths, most likely.
try outputting the full path. or see what happens when you extract them.
you'll probably see something like:
index.txt
path1/index.txt
path2/index.txt
etc etc

Related

WinSCP Session::RemoveFiles - Delete specified files in sub directories

[Question] Does Session::RemoveFiles() remove files in sub directory of source directory? If not, how to implement this ability?
(Please do not ask me why I have the remote directory as /C/testTransfer/. The code just for testing purpose.)
I have a SFTP program using WinSCP .Net assembly. Program language is C++/CLI. It opens up a work file. The file contains many lines of FTP instructions.
One type of instruction I have to handle is to transfer *.txt from source directory. The source directory may contain sub directories which may contain .txt as well. Once transfer is successful, delete the source files.
I use Session::GetFiles() for the transfer. It correctly transfer all .txt files (/C/testTransfer/*.txt), even those in sub directories (/C/testTransfer/sub/*.txt), in the source to the destination.
transferOptions->FileMask = "*.txt";
session->GetFiles("/C/testTransfer", "C:\\temp\\win", false, transferOption);
Now to remove, I use session->RemoveFiles("/C/testTransfer/*.txt"). I only see *.txt in the source (/C/testTransfer/*.txt), but not in the sub directory (/C/testTransfer/sub/*.txt), are removed.
The Session::RemoveFiles can remove even files in subdirectories in general. But not this way with wildcard, because WinSCP will not descend to subdirectories that do not match the wildcard (*.txt). Also note that even if you do not need the wildcard, the Session::RemoveFiles would remove even the subdirectories themselves, what I'm not sure you want it to.
Though you have other (and better = more safe) options:
Use the remove parameter of the Session::GetFiles method to instruct it to remove source file after successful transfer.
If you need to delete source files transactionally (=only after download of all files succeed), iterate the TransferOperationResult::Transfers returned by Session::GetFiles and call the Session::RemoveFiles for each (unless the TransferEventArgs::Error is not null).
Use the TransferEventArgs::FileName to get a file path to pass to the Session::RemoveFiles. Use the RemotePath::EscapeFileMask to escape the file name before passing it to the Session::RemoveFiles.
There's a similar full example available for Moving local files to different location after successful upload.
To recursively delete files matching a wildcard in a standalone operation (not after downloading the same files), use the Session::EnumerateRemoteFiles. Pass your wildcard to its mask argument. Use the EnumerationOptions.AllDirectories option for recursion.
Call the Session::RemoveFiles for each returned file. Use the RemotePath::EscapeFileMask to escape the file name before passing it to the Session::RemoveFiles.

finding a corrupted part from the parts of a split archive

I have 7 files with extensions like xyz.rar.001 - xyz.rar.007 clearly they are parts of a single file. I have all the 7 parts. I join them using a file joiner into a single file xyz.rar and try to unrar them with WINRAR , it says that archive is corrupted It is clear that 1 or 2 parts are corrupted. IS THERE ANY WAY TO FIND THEM ? Please help I don't want to re download all of them NOTE- winrar can detect a corrupt part if the parts were splitted using winrar (with extensions like part1.rar , part2.rar etc. ) but not if they are named as rar.001
Parts .001 - .006 should have the same size. Check if there is a file with a different byte size.
Are there multiple files in the RAR or just the one? With multiple you could run a Test and see which is the first file to fail.
I think it's strange that there is a second tool used to split the RAR archive up. (e.g. HJSplit) This lets me think that .002 could be a RAR archive too. Try opening xyz.rar.001 with WinRAR and test/exctract. It happens more that RAR archives have the extension .001 instead of .rar. An example.
Naming your archives in WinRAR like this can be accomplished by putting "xyz.rar.001" as Archive name on the General tab and checking "Old style volume names" on the Advanced tab.
If I then join the files with HJSplit, I get one .rar file (that is corrupt). When I Test it, it says "Next volume is required". In the diagnostic messages I can see "The required volume is absent" and "CRC failed in X. The file is corrupt"
If there is one file stored inside the RAR and the RAR is indeed just chopped up into 7 pieces, there is no way of telling without additional files such as .sfv or .par2. (unless the RAR does not use compression: you can parse the underlying file for errors and calculate the part where it goes wrong)

RAR a folder without persisting the full path

1) I have a folder called CCBuilds containing couple of files in this path: E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds.
2) I have written C# code (Process.Start) to Rar this folder and save it in E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds.rar using the following command
"C:\program files\winrar\rar.exe a E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds.rar E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds"
3) The problem is that, though the rar file gets created properly, when I unrar the file to CCBuilds2 folder (both through code using rar.exe x command or using Extract in context menu), the unrared folder contains the full path, ie. extracting E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds.rar ->
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds2\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds\<<my files>>
Whereas I want it to be something like this: E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds2\CCBuilds\<<my files>>
How can I avoid this full path persistence while adding to rar / extracting back from it. Any help is appreciated.
Use the -ep1 switch.
More info:
-ep = Files are added to an archive without including the path information. Could result in multiple files existing in the archive
with same name.
-ep1 = Do not store the path entered at the command line in archive. Exclude base folder from names.
-ep2 = Expand paths to full. Store full file paths (except drive letter and leading backslash) when archiving.
(source: http://www.qa.downappz.com/questions/winrar-command-line-to-add-files-with-relative-path-only.html)
Just in case this helps: I am currently working on an MS Access Database project (customer relations management for a small company), and one of the tasks there is to zip docx-files to be sent to customers, with a certain password encryption used.
In the VBA procedure that triggers the zip-packaging of the docx-files, I call WinRAR as follows:
c:\Programme\WinRAR\winrar.exe a -afzip -ep -pThisIsThePassword "OutputFullName" "InputFullName"
-afzip says: "Create a zip file (as opposed to a rar file)
-ep says: Do not include the paths of the source file, i.e. put the file directly into the zip folder
A full list of such switches is available in the WinRAR Help, section "Command line".
x extracts it as E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds2\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds\, because you're using full path when declaring the source. Either use -ep1 or set the default working dir to E:\Testing\Builds.
Use of -ep1 is needed but it's a bit tricky.
If you use:
Winrar.exe a output.rar inputpath
Winrar.exe a E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds.rar E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds
it will include the input path declared:
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds -> E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds.rar:
Testing\Builds\CCBuilds\file1
Testing\Builds\CCBuilds\file2
Testing\Builds\CCBuilds\folder1\file3
...
which will end up unpacked as you've mentioned:
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds2\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds\
There are two ways of using -ep1.
If you want the simple path:
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds\
to be extracted as:
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds2\CCBuilds\file1
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds2\CCBuilds\file2
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds2\CCBuilds\path1\file3
...
use
Winrar.exe a -ep1 E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds.rar E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds
the files inside the archive will look like:
CCBuilds\file1
CCBuilds\file2
CCBuilds\folder1\file3
...
or you could use ep1 to just add the files and folder structure sans the base folder with the help of recursion and defining the base path as the inner path of the structure:
Winrar.exe a -ep1 -r E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds.rar E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds\*
The files:
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds\file1
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds\file2
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds\folder1\file3
...
inside the archive will look like:
file1
file2
folder1\file3
...
when extracted will look like:
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds2\file1
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds2\file2
E:\Testing\Builds\CCBuilds2\folder1\file3
...
Anyway, these are two ways -ep1 can be used to exclude base path with or without the folder containing the files (the base folder / or base path).

cmake move directory

I was wondering if there was a way (such as a commad) to move a directory filled with, say, image files, to the build directory using cmake 2.8.
Thanks in advance!
The file() command can do what you want.
From the cmake manual:
The file() command also provides COPY and INSTALL signatures:
file(<COPY|INSTALL> files... DESTINATION <dir>
[FILE_PERMISSIONS permissions...]
[DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS permissions...]
[NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS] [USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS]
[FILES_MATCHING]
[[PATTERN <pattern> | REGEX <regex>]
[EXCLUDE] [PERMISSIONS permissions...]] [...])
The COPY signature copies files, directories, and symlinks to a destination fold Relative input paths are evaluated with respect to the current source directory, and a relative destination is evaluated with respect to the current build directory. Copying preserves input file timestamps, and optimizes out a file if it exists at the destination with the same timestamp. Copying preserves input permissions unless explicit permissions or NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS are given (default is USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS). See the install(DIRECTORY) command for documentation of permissions, PATTERN, REGEX, and EXCLUDE options.
So you would have something like (tested):
file(COPY ${YOUR_SRC_IMAGE_DIR} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/YourPreferedDestination)
To move, you can use the RENAME form:
file(RENAME ${YOUR_SRC_IMAGE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/PreferedDestination)
But I am not sure that you would want that, because the source will not be available anymore to reproduce the build sequence, hence my attempt to answer with the copy command above.

.tex files not found when placed in a folder declared in TEXINPUTS

I have a set of documents based on a LaTeX template. Every document has its own folder, as following:
docs-folder
|-doc #1
|-doc #2
...
|-doc #n
|-texmf
|-tex
|-bibtex
|-fonts
|-docs
|-misc
|-logo.jpg
|-acronyms.tex
I wrote the template on my own, and, for every document (from #1 to #n) it loads the files logo.jpg and acronyms.tex with \includegraphics{logo.jpg} and \input{acronyms.tex}.
The path ..\docs-folder\texmf is set as a project root in MikTeX, and the local texmf tree is recognized properly, excluding the misc folder.
So, the path ..\docs-folder\texmf\misc is set as the value of the TEXINPUTS environment variable (under Windows). This is done in order to avoid an unwanted replication of the two files.
What happens is that, when I compile one of the documents, the file acronyms.tex is not found, while the logo.jpg is correctly found by PDFLaTeX.
I have no wonder why the acronyms.tex file is not loaded.
On unix systems the solution is to run texhash or mktexlsr. According to this page, the equivalent solution for MikTeX is to run MikTeX settings and click the "Refresh FNDB" button.