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file-roller(1)			 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 subfold‐
       ers, 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 applica‐
				       tion.

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

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

       -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.

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 application.

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

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │		ATTRIBUTE VALUE		  │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │desktop/archive-manager/file-roller │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface stability	     │Volatile				  │
       └─────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘

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.

SunOS 5.11			  08 Nov 2007			file-roller(1)

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