Stretch Gnome Right-click compress ZIP w/ password

[MarkDees]

Hi,

In Jessie, I could right-click on a folder, compress and then the UI had an option for more details where I could specify a ZIP password.

In Stretch, right-click Compress gives options for .ZIP, .tar.gz or .7z but no option for password.

Any suggestions much appreciated!

Thanks,
Mark

[Totoxa]

Maybe the GNOME developers though that option was too advanced for the users so they removed it.
Now you should use the command line,

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zip -9 -e <zipfile.zip> -r <dir>

[MarkDees]

Thanks!

I found this as a work around https://askubuntu.com/questions/969650/ ... e-in-17-04

It puts compress under a submenu, but it's better than nothing. I like CLI, but it's nice to have this in the GUI.

I suggested to the Gnome people to give us more flexibility to do this in a future rev.

Thanks,

Mark

[debiman]

I suggested to the Gnome people to give us more flexibility

join the choir!