LogoRRR can inspect and unpack common compressed support bundles before opening the readable files inside. Extraction happens in the background and keeps archive contents out of the application installation directory.
Supported formats
| Archive form | Recognized filename examples |
|---|---|
| ZIP | .zip |
| GZIP stream | .gz, .gzip |
| BZIP2 stream | .bz2, .bzip2 |
| TAR | .tar |
| Compressed TAR | .tar.gz, .tgz, .tar.bz2, .tbz2 |
LogoRRR inspects a bounded part of the selected file before deciding whether it is a regular log or an archive. Conclusive supported archive content takes precedence over a misleading filename. A GZIP or BZIP2 stream containing a TAR header is handled as a compressed TAR archive.
Import an archive
- Select the archive through File → Open…, drop it onto LogoRRR, or drop a directory containing it.
- Review the complete proposed destination path.
- Choose Change folder… if you want a different extraction root.
- Choose Extract and open.
The first suggested root is the platform’s Documents folder or the closest writable equivalent. LogoRRR remembers the chosen root. You can change it later under Settings → Archive extraction.
Follow extraction progress
A full-width progress card appears below the destination. Double-click it to reveal the read-only Details list of files currently being unpacked.
When extraction finishes, readable regular files open as tabs in relative-path order. The dialog reports Finished unpacking and remains available until you choose Close dialog. If the bundle contains no openable files, the extraction is retained and LogoRRR shows its location.
Nested archives remain in the extracted directory but do not open automatically. Finder metadata such as __MACOSX, ._*, and .DS_Store is discarded rather than opened as log content.
Destination and overwrite behavior
Each archive gets a per-archive output folder. A recognized archive suffix is removed from the folder name, so support.tar.gz becomes support. Ordinary filename suffixes are preserved.
Extraction first writes into a hidden staging directory. The final folder appears only after the complete archive succeeds. If the final destination already exists, LogoRRR asks how to proceed and never silently overwrites it.
LogoRRR writes extracted files to the selected destination and does not rewrite the original bundle.
Safety checks
LogoRRR rejects unsafe paths, links, special filesystem entries, duplicate destinations, malformed archives, encrypted archives, and unsupported formats. A failed import does not create partial log tabs or publish an incomplete final directory.
Cancelling waits for staging cleanup and then reports the final cancelled state. I/O errors remain visible in the same dialog so the result is not mistaken for a complete extraction.
Archive extensions are intentionally not registered as LogoRRR’s default operating-system file associations.