Subj : Stop processing options (--) for archivers?
To   : g00r00
From : Bj”rn Wiberg
Date : Sat Aug 07 2021 09:46 am

Hello g00r00!

Just a suggestion to add "--" to the command lines (Pack Cmd, Unpack Cmd, View Cmd) of archivers, where possible, to avoid filenames starting with "-" to be interpreted as options.

My findings are that this can be done for zip, rar and 7z, but NOT for lha (or zoo or arc, if you have those).

N.B.: For the zip Unpack Cmd, the -- is not allowed until AFTER the archive name!
Pack Cmd ³ zip -qj9 "%1" -- %2

Best regards
Bj”rn

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