Google's interface for archives is quite basic: there's a pane that shows some information about archives (number of files, size) and the list of files. If the file format is supported by Google Docs Viewer, you can open the file and view it in the browser.
"ZIP and RAR archives that are embedded inside other archives also work. For example, if you have a RAR file inside a ZIP file, you can just click on that file to access the embedded archive. This feature extends to Google Docs for mobile, too," informs Google.
For some reason, Google lists all the files from an archive and ignores folders. Google shows the relative path of each file, but that's not very useful. Another strange issue is that Google Docs Viewer doesn't let you open image files and text files without having to download them, even if these formats are supported by most browsers.
Hopefully, Google Docs will add support for other archive formats (7zip, tar, gzip, iso) and allow users to extract the files from an archive.
One issue with viewing zip files is, they dont show folder views. Instead, they are listing all the files in one view even if files are in subfolders. I think in Old age, winzip showed like that
ReplyDeletehmm seems like its already mentioned in the blog post. didnt saw it when scanned quick :P.
ReplyDeleteAny ways, you can save zips in Docs account very quick. Thats a cool feature. Then you can download it later on
I thinke there is a good reason you can't open RAR or ZIP - what if they are encrypted?
ReplyDeleteany way to disable the listing?
ReplyDeleteYou have made nice post but you can know more about 7-zip (compressor/extractor) it at:
ReplyDeletehttps://basusoftgame.blogspot.com/2017/12/7-Zip-Unzip-file-for-Windows.html