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MAN Solaris - file-roller (1)

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

CONTENTS

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

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.

The following options are supported:

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

-d, --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 destination folder, then extract the files, then quit the application.

--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.

--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.

Example 1: Unpacking an Archive

example% file-roller --extract archive

The following exit values are returned:

0 Application exited successfully

>0 Application exited with failure

The following files are used by this application:

/usr/bin/file-roller Executable for File Roller application.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNW
Interface stability	Volatile

File Roller Manual

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

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

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