DTRX(1) 																   DTRX(1)

NAME

       dtrx - cleanly extract many archive types

SYNOPSIS

       dtrx [OPTIONS] ARCHIVE [ARCHIVE ...]

DESCRIPTION

       dtrx  extracts archives in a number of different formats; it currently supports tar, zip (including self-extracting .exe files), cpio, rpm,
       deb, gem, 7z, cab, rar, and InstallShield files.  It can also decompress files compressed with gzip, bzip2, lzma, or compress.

       In addition to providing one command to handle many different archive types, dtrx also aids the user by extracting  contents  consistently.
       By  default,  everything will be written to a dedicated directory that's named after the archive.  dtrx will also change the permissions to
       ensure that the owner can read and write all those files.

       To run dtrx, simply call it with the archive(s) you wish to extract as arguments.  For example:

       $ dtrx coreutils-5.*.tar.gz

OPTIONS

       dtrx supports a number of options to mandate specific behavior:

       -r, --recursive
	      With this option, dtrx will search inside the archives you specify to see if any	of  the  contents  are	themselves  archives,  and
	      extract those as well.

       --one, --one-entry
	      Normally,  if  an archive only contains one file or directory with a name that doesn't match the archive's, dtrx will ask you how to
	      handle it.  With this option, you can specify ahead of time what should happen.  Possible values are:

	      inside Extract the file/directory inside another directory named after the archive.  This is the default.

	      rename Extract the file/directory in the current directory, and then rename it to match the name of the archive.

	      here   Extract the file/directory in the current directory.

       -o, --overwrite
	      Normally, dtrx will avoid extracting into a directory that already exists, and instead try to find an alternative name to  use.	If
	      this option is listed, dtrx will use the default directory name no matter what.

       -f, --flat
	      Extract all archive contents into the current directory, instead of their own dedicated directory.  This is handy if you have multi-
	      ple archive files which all need to be extracted into the same directory structure.  Note that existing  files  may  be  overwritten
	      with this option.

       -n, --noninteractive
	      dtrx  will  normally  ask the user how to handle certain corner cases, such as how to handle an archive that only contains one file.
	      This option suppresses those questions; dtrx will instead use sane, conservative defaults.

       -l, -t, --list, --table
	      Don't extract the archives; just list their contents on standard output.

       -m, --metadata
	      Extract the metadata from .deb and .gem archives, instead of their normal contents.

       -q, --quiet
	      Suppress warning messages.  Listing this option twice will cause dtrx to be silent.

       -v, --verbose
	      Show the files that are being extracted.	Listing this option twice will cause dtrx to print debugging information.

       --help Display basic help.

       --version
	      Display dtrx's version, copyright, and license information.

AUTHOR

       Brett Smith <brettcsmith@brettcsmith.org>

COPYRIGHT

       dtrx 6.5 is copyright (C) 2006-2009 Brett Smith and others.  Feel free to send comments, bug reports, patches, and so on.  You can find the
       latest version of dtrx on its home page at <http://www.brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/>.

       dtrx  is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY	WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied	warranty  of  MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

6.5								    2009-07-04								   DTRX(1)