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Midnight Commander does not open zip archives and list files

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Environment


SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3

Situation

Midnight Commander (mc), a program to manage files and directories does not open zip files/ archives.
Opening the Midnight Commander "mc" in a terminal and selecting an example.zip archive and press enter will come up empty.
 

Resolution

As workaround open the file /usr/share/mc/extfs/uzip and change the 0 in "my $op_has_zipinfo = 0" to 1.

Customers affected by this issue can alternatively contact SUSE Technical Services to request a PTF.

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  • Document ID:7013140
  • Creation Date: 27-Aug-2013
  • Modified Date:28-Sep-2022
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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