Snapin Pack: Unzipping Empty Folders

[markbam]

I have a snapin pack that contains a template for a directory structure; this template includes a bunch of empty folders.
During the unzipping process FOG will not create any of these empty folders; only the folders that have files actually inside them. Is this by design?

Thanks

[Sebastian Roth]

@markbam Please download the updated Modules file including the fix mentioned below. Stop the FOGService in Windows Services console, rename C:\Program Files (x86)\FOG\Modules.dll and place the downloaded file as new Modules.dll in that same directory. Now start FOGService again or reboot the PC and see if your SnapinPack works as expected.

[Sebastian Roth]

@markbam Seems like we don’t extract empty directories at the moment as it’s not the default behaviour of the ZIP library we use: https://github.com/FOGProject/fog-client/blob/master/Modules/SnapinClient/SnapinClient.cs#L155

I guess we could add fastzip.CreateEmptyDirectories = true; (ref)

Will work on adding this and provide an updated Modules.dll for you in the next days.

[Sebastian Roth]

@markbam Please download the updated Modules file including the fix mentioned below. Stop the FOGService in Windows Services console, rename C:\Program Files (x86)\FOG\Modules.dll and place the downloaded file as new Modules.dll in that same directory. Now start FOGService again or reboot the PC and see if your SnapinPack works as expected.

[Sebastian Roth]

@markbam Please test and report back! I won’t add this change to the official code otherwise.

[markbam]

Thanks, I can confirm that this updated Module addresses my problem. The empty directories are now unzipping as expected.

(Sorry for the late reply, my server’s RAID bombed)

[Sebastian Roth]

@markbam Thanks for testing und letting us know! I will add this to the official code und it will be in the new fog-client releases from then on. But I won’t update the official 0.11.16 version. Feel free to use that DLL provided.