User Commands                                      file-roller(1)



NAME
     file-roller - create, view, modify, or unpack an archive

SYNOPSIS
     file-roller    [--add]    [--add-to=archive]     [--default-
     dir=folder]    [--extract]    [--extract-here]   [--extract-
     to=folder] [--force] [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION
     The File Roller application enables  you  to  create,  view,
     modify, or unpack an archive. An archive is a file that acts
     as a container for other files. An archive can contain  many
     files, folders, and subfolders, usually in compressed form.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -d, --add                       Ask  for  the  name  of  the
                                     archive, then add the files,
                                     then quit the application.



     -a, --add-to=archive            Add files to  the  specified
                                     archive,   then   quit   the
                                     application.



     --default-dir=folder            Specify the  default  folder
                                     for  the --add and --extract
                                     options.



     -f, --extract                   Ask for the name of the des-
                                     tination     folder,    then
                                     extract the files, then quit
                                     the application.



     -h, --extract-here              Extract archives  using  the
                                     archive  name as destination
                                     folder and quit the program.



     -e, --extract-to=folder         Extract  archives   to   the
                                     specified  folder, then quit
                                     the application.




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     --force                         Create    the    destination
                                     folder  without  asking  for
                                     confirmation.



     gnome-std-options               Standard  options  available
                                     for   use  with  most  GNOME
                                     applications.   See   gnome-
                                     std-options(5)    for   more
                                     information.



EXAMPLES
     Example 1: Unpacking an Archive

     example% file-roller --extract archive

EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0        Application exited successfully



     >0       Application exited with failure



FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/bin/file-roller    Executable for File Roller  applica-
                             tion.



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNW                        
    
     Interface stability          Volatile                    
    






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SEE ALSO
     File Roller Manual

     ar(1), tar(1), unzip(1), zip(1),  attributes(5),  gnome-std-
     options(5)

NOTES
     Written by Laszlo Kovacs, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004,
     2007.














































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