engrampa
MATE desktop archive manager
TLDR
Open specific archives
$ engrampa [path/to/archive1.tar] [path/to/archive2.tar]
Add files to an archive and quit$ engrampa --add-to=[path/to/archive.tar] [path/to/file_or_directory]
Extract archives to a directory and quit$ engrampa --extract-to=[path/to/directory] [path/to/archive.tar]
Extract archives into a folder named after each archive and quit$ engrampa --extract-here [path/to/archive.tar]
SYNOPSIS
engrampa [options] [files]
DESCRIPTION
engrampa is the MATE desktop archive manager. It creates and extracts archives in various formats including tar, zip, 7z, rar, and more.A fork of file-roller adapted for the MATE desktop environment.
PARAMETERS
-a, --add-to archive
Add files to the specified archive and quit.-d, --add file
Add files, prompting for the archive name, and quit.-e, --extract-to folder
Extract archives to the specified folder and quit.-f, --extract
Extract archives, prompting for the destination folder, and quit.-h, --extract-here
Extract archives using the archive name as destination folder and quit.--default-dir folder
Default folder to use for `--add` and `--extract` commands.--force
Create destination folder without asking for confirmation.
CAVEATS
MATE desktop application. Requires appropriate libraries for different archive formats. Command-line options are limited compared to dedicated tools like tar or zip.
SEE ALSO
file-roller(1), tar(1), zip(1), unzip(1), 7z(1)
