Timeline for Are these two questions about viewing ZIP file contents actually duplicates?
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| May 2, 2017 at 14:12 | comment | added | YetAnotherRandomUser | The newer question even references the older one and explains why that's not enough. Also, I don't see a duplicate tag anymore. I do not think these questions are duplicates. | |
| Apr 23, 2017 at 4:18 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/super_user/status/855999314434412544 | ||
| Apr 21, 2017 at 20:43 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | @M.Justin That would work. I've made that change. | |
| Apr 21, 2017 at 20:40 | comment | added | M. Justin | @DavidPostill — Given the nature of the answers on the question, plus the fact that the accepted answer of the "View files in ZIP archive on Linux" indicates that the asker was asking about the list of files, would it make sense to just reword the title and question for that one to make it explicit? So that once would be "View the list of files in a ZIP archive on Linux" with a similar change to the question body? That leaves things in a clear state, and the upvoted answers will agree with the texts for each question. | |
| Apr 21, 2017 at 20:36 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | @fixer1234 I've reopened the closed as dupe question. I'm not sure what to do about tiyding everything up ... | |
| Apr 21, 2017 at 20:33 | comment | added | fixer1234 | @DavidPostill, take a look at the comments on superuser.com/questions/462788/…. It looks like both questions might be somewhat of a mishmash of interpretations. Any thoughts on the best way to handle the collection of questions and answers? | |
| Apr 21, 2017 at 17:24 | comment | added | fixer1234 | There was a little group think in the answers on the closed question, with people misinterpreting the question. I was one of the close voters and I probably missed that point in looking at the answers. You're right, viewing the contents of a file is different from viewing the directory of files. @GypsySpellweaver's comment is definitely worth more than 2¢. :-) I voted to reopen. | |
| Apr 21, 2017 at 6:13 | comment | added | Chindraba |
@DavidPostill Just my 2¢ worth here. Consider "How can I list the files in a directory without cding into it?" and "How can I view a file without cding to the directory it is in?" Different issues, different options, and different answers. An archive file is, in essence, a special kind of directory. Seems to me that just because both questions above deal with zip files is not enough to make them duplicates. How to list files in a zip, and how to list files in a tar.gz would be close enough to call duplicates, as long as an answer of the 'prime' question would work for both formats.
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| Apr 20, 2017 at 18:00 | comment | added | M. Justin | @DavidPostill — The problem in my opinion is that they have different info. The first question doesn't state at all how to view the contents of a single file within the ZIP, only the closed duplicate question does. So if that's what you're attempting to do (as it was in my case), you don't have a way of doing that from the open question. In fact, there is no open question (that I know about, at least) that actually answers that question. And it would seem inappropriate to move that answer to the open question, since it's not clear that that is the question being asked. | |
| Apr 20, 2017 at 17:57 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | Looks OK to me. They both come down to the same thing in the end. Any any viewers finding the 2nd question are redirected to the dupe if they want more info. | |
| Apr 20, 2017 at 17:33 | history | asked | M. Justin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |