11-13-2007
Curious, I didn't have a problem extracting from tar via wildcards on OSX (it was the nearest Unix machine). I guess you'll need to extract the name first, as you already suggested, although it means scanning each archive twice (arrrrrg).
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file-roller
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 subfolders, 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 application.
-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 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 infor-
mation.
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 |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)