unpack direct from source to destination

[doubledrat]

not sure if this is just me, but it seems that rar files are moved from source to destination, then unpacked.  This means the destination requires double the space (which might be significant!).  It also means the destination HD is thrashed during the unpack.

would it be possible to have an option to unpack from source to destination?  It would be a space saver and would be faster for those whose source and destination directories are on different HDs.

[neilt0]

"but it seems that rar files are moved from source to destination, then unpacked."

No, they are not. It's easy to see that rars are unpacked from source to dest if you keep both folder windows open.

[doubledrat]

perhaps down to the version?  I'm on 3.2

when I run out of disk space, I end up with half the rar files in the source and half in the destination, hence my belief that they are moved then unpacked.

[shypike]

You may as well stop guessing.

Switch and I are redesigning the post-processing/unpacking code now.
The idea is to prevent unnecessary file copying and to unpack from "incomplete" to "complete" so that having two seperate disks is useful.
Also I keep in mind the peculiar behaviour of networked drives.

[neilt0]

perhaps down to the version?  I'm on 3.2

when I run out of disk space, I end up with half the rar files in the source and half in the destination, hence my belief that they are moved then unpacked.

Here's what happens:

You run out of space, so the unpack fails, deletes the incomplete ISO (for example) and moves the rest of the files over to the dest drive until it's full.