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Hello, I just wanted to share this easy way to extract archives from within vifm. Maybe there's a better way but it works quite well. It requires dtrx.

" Extract an archive
command! extract dtrx -n %c %i
nnoremap x :extract<cr>:echo expand('%"c') ": archive extracted"<cr>

And thank you for this amazing programme!

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Hi, I've tried this but the "archive extracted" message occurs before it completes and even if it fails. Is it possible to show only after it actually occurs?

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Hi. If you remove %i then it will wait for the command to finish.

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You can also try using this plugin:

command! extract :Bg dtrx -n %c
nnoremap <silent> x :extract<cr>

It won't give you status information, but you'll see indication of the ongoing process until it's done.

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