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@slafs slafs commented May 17, 2017

When extracting multiple similar archives with only one top-level
element, user usually wants to have them in a destination directory
named after archive's name.

Currently the first archive is extracted to a directory named after
the single top-level element while other archives are extracted
to directories named after archive's basename.

The --force-basename option is forcing the latter behaviour for every
archive.

For example, let's say we have two archives, with only one top-level
directory in them (called var):

$ ls BundleLogs*zip
BundleLogs-1495008842230.zip  BundleLogs-1495008843374.zip

When trying to unpack them at once:

$ unp --output /tmp/logs BundleLogs*zip

The default behaviour leaves us with:

$ ls /tmp/logs
BundleLogs-1495008843374  var

Using --force-basename option:

$ unp --force-basename --output /tmp/logs_basename BundleLogs*zip

We get the following result:

$ ls /tmp/logs_basename
BundleLogs-1495008842230  BundleLogs-1495008843374

When extracting multiple similar archives with only one top-level
element, user usually wants to have them in a destination directory
named after archive's name.

Currently the first archive is extracted to a directory named after
the single top-level element while other archives are extracted
to directories named after archive's basename.

The `--force-basename` option is forcing the latter behaviour for every
archive.

For example, let's say we have two archives, with only one top-level
directory in them (called `var`):
```
$ ls BundleLogs*zip
BundleLogs-1495008842230.zip  BundleLogs-1495008843374.zip
```

When trying to unpack them at once:
```
$ unp --output /tmp/logs BundleLogs*zip
```

The default behaviour leaves us with:
```
$ ls /tmp/logs
BundleLogs-1495008843374  var
```

Using `--force-basename` option:
```
$ unp --force-basename --output /tmp/logs_basename BundleLogs*zip
```

We get the following result:
```
$ ls /tmp/logs_basename
BundleLogs-1495008842230  BundleLogs-1495008843374
```
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