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unrar(1) [debian man page]

UNRAR(1)							   RAR archiver 							  UNRAR(1)

NAME
unrar - extract files from rar archives SYNOPSIS
unrar <command> [-<switch 1> -<switch N>] archive [files...] [path...] DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the unrar command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Commands and options described here are as of unrar 2.02. OPTIONS
After the program name comes a command and then optional switches with dashes before them. A summary of commands is included below. For a complete description, run unrar without options. e Extract files to current directory. l List archive content. p Print file to stdout. t Test archive files. v Verbosely list archive. x Extract files with full path. SWITCHES
NOTE: Every switch must be separated by a whitespace. You cannot put them together. -av- Disable AV check. -c- Disable comments show. -f Freshen files. -kb Keep broken extracted files. -ierr Send all messages to stderr. -inul Disable all messages. -o+ Overwrite existing files. -o- Do not overwrite existing files. -p<password> Set password. -p- Do not query password. -r Recurse subdirectories. -u Update files. -v List all volumes. -x<file> Exclude specified file. -x@<list> Exclude files in specified list file. -x@ Read file names to exclude from stdin. -y Assume Yes on all queries. AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Petr Cech <cech@debian.org> according to "unrar -h" for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). 02.11.1999 UNRAR(1)

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NAME
file-roller - archive manager for GNOME SYNOPSIS
file-roller [OPTIONS...] [FILE...] DESCRIPTION
File Roller is a graphical interface to archiving utilities such as tar and zip. It supports most common operations such as creating, modifing and extracting files from an archive. You can also view the contents of an archive and open files contained in the archive. OPTIONS
-a, --add-to=ARCHIVE Add files to the specified archive and quit the program -d, --add FILE Add files asking the name of the archive and quit the program -e, --extract-to=FOLDER Extract archives to the specified folder and quit the program -f, --extract Extract archives asking the destination folder and quit the program -h, --extract-here Extract archives using the archive name as destination folder and quit the program --default-dir=FOLDER Default folder to use for the '--add' and '--extract' commands --force Create destination folder without asking confirmation This program also accepts the standard GNOME and GTK options. AUTHORS
file-roller is written by Paolo Bacchilega <paolo.bacch@tin.it>. This manual page was written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). SEE ALSO
gtk-options(7), gnome-options(7) The online documentation available through the program's Help menu. GNOME
2007-09-27 file-roller(1)
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