dtrx intelligently extracts many different archivetypes. It will get the contents from tar, zip,rpm, deb, and cpio archives, as well as compressedfiles, with one simple command. It helps keep yourfilesystem sane by putting every archive'scontents into a dedicated directory, and makingsure the owner can read and write whatever'sextracted. It can even recursively extractarchives. License: GNU General Public License v3Changes:
This release adds support for InstallShield archives, fixes a number of bugs related to archives that only had one file or directory in them, and adjusts the wording of several interactive prompts to make it easier for the user to make their decisions.

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