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<h1 class="topictitle1">Managing archived files</h1>
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<p>You can work with archived files and folders in the Remote System Explorer.</p>
<p>Use the Remote Systems view perform the following actions with archived files:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#tarchive__browse">Browse files in an archive</a></li>
<li><a href="#tarchive__copy">Copy, paste, and move archives</a></li>
<li><a href="#tarchive__drag">Drag and drop files between archives</a></li>
<li><a href="#tarchive__create">Create files and folders within an archive</a></li>
<li><a href="#tarchive__delete">Delete archives</a></li>
<li><a href="#tarchive__extract">Extract files from an archive</a></li>
<li><a href="#tarchive__add">Add files to an archive</a></li>
<li><a href="#tarchive__search">Search for content within an archive</a></li>
<li><a href="#tarchive__convert">Convert archives of a different types into one type</a></li>
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<p>Pick from the following:</p>
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<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="d0e45">Task</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="d0e47">Description</th>
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<td align="left" valign="top" id="d0e50" headers="d0e45"><b>Browsing:</b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e47 d0e50">To browse and open
files in an archive, click the plus sign beside the archive to display the
contents. Continue to expand folders within the archive or double-click any
file to open it in the default editor. Save files as you normally would and
they are saved in the archive. In the properties view, note the addition of
"#archive#" to the path of the file, to indicate how the file exists inside
the archive.</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" id="d0e55" headers="d0e45"><b>Copying and pasting:</b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e47 d0e55">To copy
and paste files, or move them from one location to another, right-click a
file or folder inside an archive and select <b>Copy</b> or <b>Move</b>. (When
you select <b>Move</b> instead of <b>Copy</b>, you delete the file in the
original location, to move it to a new one.) Using the window that opens,
you can paste the item to any archived, or unarchived location by expanding
the tree-view to any specific location, and clicking <b>OK</b>. Note that
you can perform this action across different connections as well.</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" id="d0e75" headers="d0e45"><b>Dragging and dropping:</b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e47 d0e75">You can
drag and drop files between archives, from an archive to an unarchived location,
or from an unarchived location into an archive. Expand both the original and
destination locations in the Remote Systems view, click the item you want
to move, and drag it with your cursor to the new location. Note that you can
perform this action across different connections as well.</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" id="d0e80" headers="d0e45"><b>Creating:</b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e47 d0e80">To create files and
folders inside an archive, or to create a new archive, right-click any folder
in the archive, or the root level archive itself, and select:
<ul>
<li><b>New &gt; File</b> to create a normal file within the archive. You can
also select the file type to be an archive, whereby you can create an archive
inside of an archive.</li>
<li><b>New &gt; Folder</b> to create a normal folder within the archive. Then
right-click your virtual folder to create more folders or files.</li>
</ul>
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<td align="left" valign="top" id="d0e94" headers="d0e45"><b>Deleting:</b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e47 d0e94">To delete a file
or folder from inside an archive, simply right-click the item and select <b>Delete</b>,
or hit the Delete key. </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" id="d0e102" headers="d0e45"><b>Extracting:</b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e47 d0e102">You have two options
when extracting files. You can either extract to a new folder within your
current directory (by selecting <a href="#tarchive__extract1"><b>Extract
to <i>xyz</i></b></a> where <i>xyz</i> is your current directory) or browse
to a specific extraction directory (by selecting <a href="#tarchive__extract2"><b>Extract
To . . .</b></a>). You can also select multiple archives and perform the
same actions.
<ul>
<li id="tarchive__extract1"><a name="tarchive__extract1"><!-- --></a>
To extract the contents of an archive to a new folder within
your current directory, right-click your archive and select <b>Extract to <i>xyz</i></b> where <i>xyz</i> is
the name of your current directory. If your archive was named "MyArchive.zip"
then the extraction will create a new folder within your current directory
called "MyArchive" and all of the files will be placed in the new folder in
their proper structure. Click <b>OK</b>. If you want, use the right-click
menu to rename the new folder.</li>
<li id="tarchive__extract2"><a name="tarchive__extract2"><!-- --></a>
To extract the contents of an archive to a location other
than the current directory, right-click your archive and select <b>Extract
To</b>.
<ol>
<li>A dialog box displays, presenting a tree view of all drives, files, and
folders defined in the Remote Systems view. Expand any location in the tree
view to define the directory location where you want to extract the contents
of your archive. </li>
<li>(Optional) You can select a directory, and press the <b>Details</b> button
to see a list of properties for that location. </li>
<li>(Optional) You can expand <b>New Connection</b> to define a new connection
to a location where you want to extract the files.</li>
<li>(Optional) When you extract the contents of an archive to a destination
directory, the files and directories in the archive are copied directly to
that destination. You are prompted to overwrite or rename duplicate files
in the target directory.</li>
<li>Click <b>OK</b>.</li>
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</li>
</ul>
</td></tr><tr id="tarchive__add"><td align="left" valign="top" id="d0e159" headers="d0e45">
<b>Adding files to an archive:</b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e47 d0e159">To
add files and folder to an archive, select one or more files/folders, right-click,
and select <b>Add to Archive</b>.
<ol>
<li>A dialog box displays, presenting a tree view of all drives, files, and
folders defined in the Remote Systems view.</li>
<li>To create a new archive for the selected files and folders
<ol type="a">
<li>Expand any location in the tree view to define the location for the new
archive.</li>
<li>Specify a name for the archive in the <b>File name</b> field.</li>
<li>Specify an <b>Archive type</b> from the drop-down list.</li>
</ol>
To add files and folders to an <i>existing</i> archive:
<ol type="a">
<li>Select the existing archive's parent folder in the tree view.</li>
<li>Specify a name for the archive in the <b>File name</b> field.</li>
<li>Specify an <b>Archive type</b> from the drop-down list.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Click <b>OK</b>.</li>
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The selected files/folders are copied to the root directory in the new
archive location</td>
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<b>Searching for content inside an archive:</b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e47 d0e208">
To search for files within an archive, right-click the archive, select <b>Search</b>,
and complete the dialog box to specify what kinds of files and folder you
want to find. Note that if you begin your search on a normal, unarchived directory
that contains an archive, the default behaviour is <i>not</i> to search the
archive. You need to explicitly start from the archive itself to search for
contents within that archive.</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" id="d0e219" headers="d0e45">
<b>Converting archives:</b></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e47 d0e219">To convert
archives from one type (.zip, .jar, or .tar) to another, select one or more
archives, right-click, and select <b>Convert</b>. A Convert Archive dialog
box opens for each archive you selected. In the dialog box, select a new archive
type from the <b>Archive Type</b> drop-down list to convert the selected archive.
You can also, optionally, specify a new location and new name for your archive,
by selecting a location in the tree view and entering a new name in the <b>File
name</b> field. Click <b>OK</b>.</td>
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