TCDir 5.7.0

[5.7.0] - 2026-11-06

Added

• --Archives: list the contents of an archive file given as a path, and recurse into archive files with -S and --Tree; use --Archives- to disable
  • Archive files in a listing appear as files, so a listing without -S or --Tree matches the output without the switch
  • Supports .zip and .iso (ISO 9660, Joliet and UDF) on every Windows version
  • Supports .7z, .rar, .tar, .tar.gz/.tgz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz, .tar.zst, .cab, .cpio, .xar and .lzh on Windows 11 23H2 and later, through the archiveint.dll reader that ships with Windows
  • Paths can go inside an archive: tcdir --Archives release.zip\docs\*.md
  • Archives inside archives (outer.zip\inner.zip) are browsed on Windows 11 23H2 and later; inner archives larger than 256 MB list as files
  • -S and --Tree recurse into archives with the same rules as subdirectories
  • Settable as a default with Archives in TCDIR or .tcdirconfig
  • Read-only: archives are never modified or extracted to disk, and .iso images are never mounted
• --Info: print statistics for each archive that matches the targets instead of a listing
  • Targets can be an archive, a mask, a folder, or a path inside other archives (outer.zip\inner.7z)
  • With -S, archives in subfolders and inside other archives are reported at any depth
  • Every block lists counts, sizes, the largest file, the deepest path, the date range, encryption and an extension breakdown
  • ZIP blocks add compression methods, encryption types, the creating host, ZIP64, disks, a self-extractor prefix and the comment
  • Disc image blocks add file systems, the volume label and IDs, volume dates, sectors and El Torito boot platforms
  • Blocks for the other formats add the format and filters, stream totals, links, owners, groups and permissions
• --Verify: with --Info, read every entry and check the checksums the archive stores; damaged entries fail the run
• The date and time columns are blank for entries with no stored time (possible inside archives)
• Redirected output wraps at the width in the COLUMNS environment variable when it is set (20 to 1000), and at 80 columns otherwise
• PowerShell tab completion for switches and switch values, in PowerShell 7 and Windows PowerShell 5.1
  • --Enable-Completion adds a completion block to the profile for tcdir and every alias; --Disable-Completion removes it
  • --set-aliases offers to enable completion and regenerates the block when the aliases change; --get-aliases reports whether it is enabled
  • --whatif with either switch prints the change without writing the profile
  • Each Tab press runs the installed tcdir to get candidates (tcdir --Complete), so new switches complete without a new setup step
  • Switches already on the command line, and switches that conflict with it, aren't offered

Fixed

• -settings now prints the "Did you mean --settings?" hint
• Help descriptions longer than the console width wrap to the description column instead of the left edge, and every description starts at the same column
• Tree and Ellipsize are added to the switch help in --Env and --Config, and to the decoded TCDIR settings in --Env when they appear in TCDIR