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-to=folder] [--force] [--help] [--usage]

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:

       --add		       Ask for the name of the archive, then add the files, then quit the application. You can also use -a to specify this
			       option.

       --add-to=archive        Add files to the specified archive, then quit the application.  You can also use -d to specify this option.

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

       --extract	       Ask  for the name of the destination folder, then extract the files, then quit the application. You can also use -f
			       to specify this option.

       --extract-to=folder     Extract archives to the specified folder, then quit the application.  You can also use -e to specify this option.

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

       --help		       Display help text. You can also use -? to specify this option.

       --usage		       Display brief usage text.

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		     |SUNW			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       File Roller Manual

NOTES

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

SunOS 5.10							    29 Sep 2003 						    file-roller(1)