Unarchive output directory

[zimfw]

Unarchive output directory

[ericbn]

Good point. I'm just worried on how this could conflict with existing parameters for each tool. Maybe instead of taking a parameter, it could always do the following: if the archive only contains one file or root directory, then extract the archive to the current directory, otherwise extract it into a subdirectory with the archive name.

Or maybe we need to explore the options that each of the tools used offer to come up with a uniform solution. @Eriner, thoughts?

[mversic]

I very much like your suggestion about implicit extraction. Simple and effective

[ericbn]

Taking a better look into this, I think it goes beyond the scope of the unarchive script. If you need a tool that is smarter in terms of creating subdirectories or not, you'll need something more complex. In macOS, I use The Unarchiver for such tasks.

[mversic]

ok, too bad. I think it would have made life a little bit easier for the users of the zimfw/archive. So my options remain to either always unarchive inside of an empty directory or inspect the contents of the archive before unarchiving.

[ericbn]

Inspecting the archive before unarchiving can be a way to go. Prezto added an lsarchive function for that, which sounds like a good idea to implement here too.