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Offline Sucker76

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Obfuscated files in subfolders
« on: July 20, 2024, 07:10:41 pm »
Hello.

First of all: text was translated by Google...

I'm not sure if it's a "bug", a missing feature or a configuration error on my part.
It's about obfuscation when uploading. Usenet articles are named arbitrarily. These files cannot be found via search engines because the Usenet articles do not have a common, numbered header. Uploads are no longer packaged in archives and a password is no longer required. The files can only be reassembled with the NZB created directly during the upload.

The problem I have: no subdirectories or all files are unpacked from such an NZB.

I created a test upload for this:
Directory1/Testfile1
Directory1/Directory1-1/Testfile1-1
Directory1/Directory1-2/Testfile1-2
Directory1/Directory1-2/Directory1-2-1/Testfile1-2-1
Par2 files were created via directory1.

Automatic unpacking is activated.
Par2 files should be deleted from complete archives.
After downloading with AltBinz I get:
Directory1/2a489fe8667.....b4252
Directory1/2ec50f387f5f.....991f1
Directory1/a5d17dc075f.....d552c
Directory1/Directory1.par2
Directory1/Directory1Directory1-2Testfile1-2

Sometimes none of the files are named correctly and there are then 4 files with cryptic names and the smallest Par2.

With quickpar you can name the files correctly, but then the directory structure is missing. The 4 unzipped files are simply in the download directory.

In many cases it may not matter, but in many cases it is important that the folder structure is preserved.
Sabnzbd and a few other programs correctly unpack such uploads with a folder structure.

« Last Edit: August 30, 2024, 09:23:31 pm by Rdl »

Offline Sucker76

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Re: Obfuscated files in subfolders
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2024, 08:40:26 pm »
Since the files in the directories were identical, I created a new upload with different files (which is more true to reality):
Folder 1
- 1.txt
- Folder 1-1
- - 1-1.txt
- Folder 1-2
- - 1-2.txt
- - Folder 1-2-1
- - - 1-2-1.txt

After downloading (par2 and automatic unpacking disabled or enabled) I get these files:
Folder 11.txt 
Folder 1Folder 1-11-1.txt 
Folder 1Folder 1-21-2.txt 
Folder 1Folder 1-2Folder 1-2-11-2-1.txt 
Folder 1.par2
but no directories.  The names of the directories have been integrated into the names of the files.

With Quickpar you can "fix" the file names, which results in the original and correct names of the individual files, but the directory structure is lost.

Anyway, there are programs that also restore the directories, unfortunately I have no idea how they do it...
« Last Edit: August 30, 2024, 09:23:40 pm by Rdl »

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Re: Obfuscated files in subfolders
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2024, 08:49:03 pm »
It will be fixed soon

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Re: Obfuscated files in subfolders
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2024, 06:59:50 pm »
Fixed!
Yes man, folders are restored correctly in v0.48.3.2
THANKS