Managing archived files

In the Remote Systems view, you can manage files and folders that exist inside an archive. You can perform this action for archives that reside in your local file system, or archives that reside on remote Linux or Windows servers. The following types of archived files are supported: .zip, .jar, and .tar.

Before you begin

About this task

Use the Remote Systems view perform the following actions with archived files:

Procedure

Pick from the following:
Task Description
Editing: 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. Note, however, that the file does not literally exist in the path stated in the properties view, that is, you are not able to enter a cd command from the command line to reach a file that exists inside an archive.
Copying and pasting: To copy and paste files, or move them from one location to another, right-click a file or folder inside an archive and select Copy or Move. (When you select Move instead of Copy, you delete the file in the original location, to move it to a new one.) You can then paste the item to any archived or unarchived location by right-clicking the containing folder or archive, and selecting Paste. Note that you can perform this action across connections.
Dragging and dropping: 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 parent folder or archive of the new location. Note that you can perform this action across connections.
Creating: 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:
  • New > File 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 an archive.
  • New > Folder to create a normal folder within the archive. Then right-click your virtual folder to create more folders or files.
Deleting: To delete a file or folder from inside an archive, simply right-click the item and select Delete, or hit the Delete key.
Extracting: To extract the contents of an archive, right-click the folders inside the archive, and perform either a copy and paste, or a drag and drop of the contents to any directory outside of the archive.
Adding files to an archive: To add files and folders to an archive, select one or more files/folders, and use copy and paste or drag and drop to add the files to the archive.

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