SFTP : Ability to unzip an archive

[isontheline]

Feature description

Good afternoon,

I still miss the functionality to extract .zip files after uploading or the option to upload folders. When I want to upload a .zip file now, I can't extract it once the file is on the server. Uploading a complete folder is also not possible, so I'm a bit stuck now.

Sincerely,

Marijn

[mbierman]

Does the device you upload to not have unzip or gunzip?

[isontheline]

I think Marijn want to unzip from the SFTP UI directly without opening an SSH session

[mbierman]

I see. Then is zip not on the mac or iPad? Don't get me wrong, it is great to have a great tool, but there is also a danger in being a swiss army knife.

[isontheline]

You're right @mbierman

Here the zip / unzip feature is on the server side.

It's more convenient to upload only one archive and unzip it on server instead of uploading a lot of files.

In all cases the zip / unzip won't be implemented on the client side because as you said we don't need to reinvent the wheel.

[mbierman]

Here the zip / unzip feature is on the server side.

So it has no impact on webssh?

It's more convenient to upload only one archive and unzip it on server instead of uploading a lot of files.

Yup.

In all cases the zip / unzip won't be implemented on the client side because as you said we don't need to reinvent the wheel.

👍

[isontheline]

It has an impact as WebSSH should present a contextual menu as : "Unzip..." and it will launch a SSH background connection in order to unzip

[kernelb00t]

This could be tricky, as we don't know the environment on the server. Maybe 2 modes :

• Normal, where a ssh autodetect the environment and selects the appropriate tool to unzip
• Compatibility, where we could stream the archive to a local tar and re-stream it on the new files

[isontheline]

Thanks for your feedback @fr3nchalp4a 🙏 Yes you're right!

Have you got a need for a such feature on your side too?

[kernelb00t]

For the moment no, but this is a very cool feature that I think I could need!

[preambule]

+1 It can be useful! (like now for me) 😅

[isontheline]

I'm so adding more weight on this issue to plan it on the roadmap