How dczip works Next

The short explanation...

The archive is not updated until you save your changes. Added files are really just links, so don't move or rename these files until you have saved your changes.

The long explanation...

When you open an archive...
The archive is scanned and the list of files that it contains is displayed.

When you 'add' items to an archive...
The names of the files you select are added to the list, the files referred to are not added to the archive. Files that have been 'added' are marked with a paperclip icon, you must not move or rename the actual disk files that they represent until you have saved your changes. If you move (or rename) the original files and then try to save your changes the save operation will automatically cancel and inform you that it could not find one of the files. If this happens use the test archive option to see which files could not be found. The test archive option will mark any files it cannot find with .

When you 'delete' items in an archive...
The deleted items are removed from the list, they are not removed from the archive.

When you 'save' an archive...
All of the files in the list are packed into a temporary file, if there were no problems during the packing the old archive is replaced by the temporary file.