1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 2<!-- 3 (Do not remove this comment block.) 4 Maintained by the MATE Documentation Project 5 http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/dev-doc:doc-team-guide 6 Template version: 2.0 beta 7 Template last modified Jan 30, 2002 8--> 9<article xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" version="5.0" xml:id="index" xml:lang="xh"> 10<!-- please do not change the id; for translations, change lang to --> 11<!-- appropriate code --> 12 <info><title xml:lang="en">Archive Manager Manual</title> 13 14 <abstract> 15 <para xml:lang="en">Archive Manager, also known as Engrampa, allows you to create, view, modify, or unpack an archive.</para> 16 </abstract> 17 18 <copyright xml:lang="en"> 19 <year>2019-2021</year> 20 <holder>MATE Documentation Project</holder> 21 </copyright> 22 <copyright xml:lang="en"> 23 <year>2009</year> 24 <holder>Paul Cutler</holder> 25 </copyright> 26 <copyright xml:lang="en"> 27 <year>2006</year> 28 <year>2008</year> 29 <holder>Paolo Bacchilega</holder> 30 </copyright> 31 <copyright xml:lang="en"> 32 <year>2003</year> 33 <year>2004</year> 34 <holder>Sun Microsystems</holder> 35 </copyright> 36 <copyright xml:lang="en"> 37 <year>2003</year> 38 <holder>Paolo Bacchilega</holder> 39 </copyright> 40 <copyright xml:lang="en"> 41 <year>2002</year> 42 <holder>Alexander Kirillov</holder> 43 </copyright> 44 45<!-- An address can be added to the publisher information. 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<firstname>Paul</firstname> 98 <surname>Cutler</surname> 99 </personname> 100 <affiliation> 101 <orgname>GNOME Documentation Project</orgname> 102 </affiliation> 103 <email>pcutler@foresightlinux.org</email> 104 </author> 105 </authorgroup> 106 107 <releaseinfo revision="1.10" role="review"> 108 </releaseinfo> 109 110 <revhistory> 111 <revision xml:lang="en"> 112 <revnumber>1.10.0</revnumber> 113 <date>July 2015</date> 114 <revdescription> 115 <para role="author" xml:lang="en">Wolfgang Ulbrich</para> 116 <para role="publisher" xml:lang="en">MATE Documentation Project</para> 117 </revdescription> 118 </revision> 119 <revision xml:lang="en"> 120 <revnumber>2.26.0</revnumber> 121 <date>March 2009</date> 122 <revdescription> 123 <para role="author" xml:lang="en">Paul Cutler</para> 124 <para role="publisher" xml:lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 125 </revdescription> 126 </revision> 127 128 <revision xml:lang="en"> 129 <revnumber>2.24.0</revnumber> 130 <date>July 2008</date> 131 <revdescription> 132 <para role="author" xml:lang="en">Paolo Bacchilega</para> 133 <para role="publisher" xml:lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 134 </revdescription> 135 </revision> 136 137 <revision xml:lang="en"> 138 <revnumber>2.6</revnumber> 139 <date>April 2006</date> 140 <revdescription> 141 <para role="author" xml:lang="en">Paolo Bacchilega</para> 142 <para role="publisher" xml:lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 143 </revdescription> 144 </revision> 145 146 <revision xml:lang="en"> 147 <revnumber>2.5</revnumber> 148 <date>March 2004</date> 149 <revdescription> 150 <para role="author" xml:lang="en">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para> 151 <para role="publisher" xml:lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 152 </revdescription> 153 </revision> 154 <revision xml:lang="en"> 155 <revnumber>2.4</revnumber> 156 <date>February 2004</date> 157 <revdescription> 158 <para role="author" xml:lang="en">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para> 159 <para role="publisher" xml:lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 160 </revdescription> 161 </revision> 162 <revision xml:lang="en"> 163 <revnumber>2.3</revnumber> 164 <date>August 2003</date> 165 <revdescription> 166 <para role="author" xml:lang="en">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para> 167 <para role="publisher" xml:lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 168 </revdescription> 169 </revision> 170 <revision xml:lang="en"> 171 <revnumber>2.2</revnumber> 172 <date>June 2003</date> 173 <revdescription> 174 <para role="author" xml:lang="en">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para> 175 <para role="publisher" xml:lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 176 </revdescription> 177 </revision> 178 <revision xml:lang="en"> 179 <revnumber>2.1</revnumber> 180 <date>January 2003</date> 181 <revdescription> 182 <para role="author" xml:lang="en">Paolo Bacchilega</para> 183 <para role="publisher" xml:lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 184 </revdescription> 185 </revision> 186 <revision xml:lang="en"> 187 <revnumber>2.0</revnumber> 188 <date>June 2002</date> 189 <revdescription> 190 <para role="author" xml:lang="en">Alexander Kirillov</para> 191 <para role="publisher" xml:lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 192 </revdescription> 193 </revision> 194 </revhistory> 195 196 <releaseinfo xml:lang="en">This manual describes version 1.22 of Archive Manager.</releaseinfo> 197 </info> 198 199 <indexterm zone="index" xml:lang="en"> 200 <primary>Engrampa</primary> 201 </indexterm> 202 <indexterm zone="index" xml:lang="en"> 203 <primary>engrampa</primary> 204 </indexterm> 205 <indexterm zone="index" xml:lang="en"> 206 <primary>Archiving</primary> 207 </indexterm> 208 <indexterm zone="engrampa-add-files" xml:lang="en"> 209 <primary>Archives</primary> 210 <secondary>Adding files to</secondary> 211 </indexterm> 212 <indexterm zone="engrampa-delete-files" xml:lang="en"> 213 <primary>Archives</primary> 214 <secondary>Deleting files from</secondary> 215 </indexterm> 216 <indexterm zone="engrampa-open" xml:lang="en"> 217 <primary>Archives</primary> 218 <secondary>Opening</secondary> 219 </indexterm> 220 <indexterm zone="engrampa-view" xml:lang="en"> 221 <primary>Archives</primary> 222 <secondary>Viewing</secondary> 223 </indexterm> 224 <indexterm zone="engrampa-extract" xml:lang="en"> 225 <primary>Archives</primary> 226 <secondary>Extracting</secondary> 227 </indexterm> 228 <indexterm zone="engrampa-create" xml:lang="en"> 229 <primary>Archives</primary> 230 <secondary>Creating</secondary> 231 </indexterm> 232 233<!-- ============= Document Body ============================= --> 234<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== --> 235<!-- Use the Introduction section to give a brief overview of what 236 the application is and what it does. --> 237 <section xml:id="engrampa-intro"><info><title xml:lang="en">Introduction</title></info> 238 239 <para xml:lang="en">You can use the <application>Archive Manager</application> application 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. 240 </para> 241 <para xml:lang="en"> 242 <application>Archive Manager</application> provides only a graphical interface, and relies on command-line utilities such as <command>tar</command>, <command>gzip</command>, and <command>bzip2</command> for archive operations. 243 </para> 244 <para xml:lang="en"> 245 If you have the appropriate command-line tools installed on your system, <application>Archive Manager</application> supports the archive formats listed in the following table.</para> 246 <informaltable frame="all"> 247 <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"> 248 <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/> 249 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/> 250 <thead> 251 <row valign="top"> 252 <entry colname="COLSPEC0"> 253 <para xml:lang="en">Format</para></entry> 254 <entry colname="COLSPEC1" align="left"> 255 <para xml:lang="en">Filename Extension</para></entry> 256 </row> 257 </thead> 258 <tbody> 259 <row valign="top"> 260 <entry><para xml:lang="en">7-zip archive</para></entry> 261 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.7z</filename></para></entry> 262 </row> 263 <row valign="top"> 264 <entry><para xml:lang="en">ACE archive</para></entry> 265 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.ace</filename></para></entry> 266 </row> 267 <row valign="top"> 268 <entry><para xml:lang="en">AlZip archive</para></entry> 269 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.alz</filename></para></entry> 270 </row> 271 <row valign="top"> 272 <entry><para xml:lang="en">AR archive</para></entry> 273 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.ar</filename></para></entry> 274 </row> 275 <row valign="top"> 276 <entry><para>Uvimba we-ARJ</para></entry> 277 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.arj</filename></para></entry> 278 </row> 279 <row valign="top"> 280 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Microsoft Cabinet archive</para></entry> 281 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.cab</filename></para></entry> 282 </row> 283 <row valign="top"> 284 <entry><para>Uvimba i-CPIO</para></entry> 285 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.cpio</filename></para></entry> 286 </row> 287 <row valign="top"> 288 <entry><para>Umqulu wenkqubo i-Debian</para></entry> 289 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.deb</filename>, <filename>.udeb</filename></para></entry> 290 </row> 291 <row valign="top"> 292 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Electronic Publication</para></entry> 293 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.epub</filename></para></entry> 294 </row> 295 <row valign="top"> 296 <entry><para xml:lang="en">RAW CD image (ISO 9660)</para></entry> 297 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.iso</filename></para></entry> 298 </row> 299 <row valign="top"> 300 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Java archive</para></entry> 301 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.jar</filename></para></entry> 302 </row> 303 <row valign="top"> 304 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Enterprise Application aRchive</para></entry> 305 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.ear</filename></para></entry> 306 </row> 307 <row valign="top"> 308 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Web Application Resource or Web application ARchive</para></entry> 309 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.war</filename></para></entry> 310 </row> 311 <row valign="top"> 312 <entry><para>Uvimba i-LHA</para></entry> 313 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.lha</filename>, <filename>.lzh</filename></para></entry> 314 </row> 315 <row valign="top"> 316 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Roshal ARchive</para></entry> 317 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.rar</filename></para></entry> 318 </row> 319 <row valign="top"> 320 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Comic Book (RAR-compressed)</para></entry> 321 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.cbr</filename></para></entry> 322 </row> 323 <row valign="top"> 324 <entry><para>Umqulu wenkqubo ye-RPM</para></entry> 325 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.rpm</filename></para></entry> 326 </row> 327 <row valign="top"> 328 <entry><para>Uvimba i-Tar</para></entry> 329 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.tar</filename></para></entry> 330 </row> 331 <row valign="top"> 332 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Tar archive compressed with <command>bzip</command></para></entry> 333 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.tar.bz</filename> or <filename>.tbz</filename></para></entry> 334 </row> 335 <row valign="top"> 336 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Tar archive compressed with <command>bzip2</command></para></entry> 337 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.tar.bz2</filename> or <filename>.tbz2</filename></para></entry> 338 </row> 339 <row valign="top"> 340 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Tar archive compressed with <command>gzip</command></para></entry> 341 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.tar.gz</filename> or <filename>.tgz</filename> or <filename>.taz</filename></para></entry> 342 </row> 343 <row valign="top"> 344 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Tar archive compressed with <command>lzip</command></para></entry> 345 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.tar.lz</filename> or <filename>.tlz</filename></para></entry> 346 </row> 347 <row valign="top"> 348 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Tar archive compressed with <command>lzop</command></para></entry> 349 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.tar.lzo</filename> or <filename>.tzo</filename></para></entry> 350 </row> 351 <row valign="top"> 352 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Tar archive compressed with <command>compress</command></para></entry> 353 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.tar.Z</filename> or <filename>.taZ</filename></para></entry> 354 </row> 355 <row valign="top"> 356 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Tar archive compressed with <command>7zip</command></para></entry> 357 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.tar.7z</filename></para></entry> 358 </row> 359 <row valign="top"> 360 <entry><para xml:lang="en">StuffIt archive</para></entry> 361 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.bin</filename> or <filename>.sit</filename></para></entry> 362 </row> 363 <row valign="top"> 364 <entry><para xml:lang="en">ZIP archive</para></entry> 365 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.zip</filename></para></entry> 366 </row> 367 <row valign="top"> 368 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Comic Book (ZIP-compressed)</para></entry> 369 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.cbz</filename></para></entry> 370 </row> 371 <row valign="top"> 372 <entry><para>Uvimba wethala lezilwanyana</para></entry> 373 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en"><filename>.zoo</filename></para></entry> 374 </row> 375 </tbody> 376 </tgroup> 377 </informaltable> 378 <para xml:lang="en">The most common archive format on Linux and Unix-like systems is the tar archive compressed with <command>gzip</command> or <command>bzip2</command>. </para> 379 <para xml:lang="en">The most common archive format on Microsoft Windows systems is the archive created with <application>PKZIP</application> or <application>WinZip</application>. </para> 380 <section xml:id="engrampa-intro-nonarchive"><info><title xml:lang="en">Compressed Non-Archive Files</title></info> 381 382 <para xml:lang="en">A compressed non-archive file is a file that is created when you use <command>bzip2</command>, <command>gzip</command>, <command>lzip</command>, <command>lzop</command>, <command>compress</command> or <command>rzip</command> to compress a non-archive file. For example, <filename>file.txt.gz</filename> is created when you use <command>gzip</command> to compress <filename>file.txt</filename>.</para> 383 <para xml:lang="en">You can use <application>Archive Manager</application> to create, open and extract a compressed non-archive file.</para> 384 </section> 385 </section> 386 387<!-- ============= Getting Started =========================== --> 388 <section xml:id="engrampa-get-start"><info><title xml:lang="en">Getting Started</title></info> 389 390 <para xml:lang="en">This section provides information on how to start <application>Archive Manager</application>, and describes the <application>Archive Manager</application> user interface. 391 </para> 392 393<!-- ============= To Start Engrampa ============================ --> 394 <section xml:id="engrampa-to-start"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Start <application>Archive Manager</application></title></info> 395 396 <para xml:lang="en">You can start <application>Archive Manager</application> in the following ways:</para> 397 <variablelist> 398 <varlistentry> 399 <term xml:lang="en"><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term> 400 <listitem> 401 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Accessories</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Archive Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para> 402 </listitem> 403 </varlistentry> 404 <varlistentry> 405 <term>Umgca woMyalelo</term> 406 <listitem> 407 <para xml:lang="en">Execute the following command: <command>engrampa</command></para> 408 </listitem> 409 </varlistentry> 410 </variablelist> 411 </section> 412 413 <section xml:id="engrampa-when-start"><info><title xml:lang="en">When You Start <application>Archive Manager</application></title></info> 414 415 <para xml:lang="en">When you start <application>Archive Manager</application>, the following window is displayed:</para> 416 417 <figure xml:id="engrampa-FIG-main-window"><info><title xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> Window</title></info> 418 419 <screenshot> 420 <mediaobject xml:lang="en"> 421 <imageobject> 422 <imagedata fileref="figures/engrampa_main_window.png" format="PNG"/> 423 </imageobject> 424 <textobject> <phrase>Shows Engrampa main window.</phrase> 425 </textobject> 426 </mediaobject> 427 </screenshot> 428 </figure> 429 430 <para xml:lang="en">The <application>Archive Manager</application> window contains the following elements: </para> 431 <variablelist> 432 <varlistentry> <term xml:lang="en">Menubar</term> 433 <listitem> 434 <para xml:lang="en">The menus on the menubar contain all of the commands that you need to work with archives in <application>Archive Manager</application>.</para> 435 </listitem> 436 </varlistentry> 437 <varlistentry> <term xml:lang="en">Toolbar</term> 438 <listitem> 439 <para xml:lang="en">The toolbar contains a subset of the commands that you can access from the menubar. <application>Archive Manager</application> displays the toolbar by default. To hide the toolbar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Toolbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To show the toolbar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Toolbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> again. </para> 440 </listitem> 441 </varlistentry> 442 <varlistentry> <term xml:lang="en">Folderbar</term> 443 <listitem> 444 <para xml:lang="en">The folderbar enables you to navigate among folders within an archive. <application>Archive Manager</application> displays the folderbar only in folder view. See <xref linkend="engrampa-view-type-folder"/> for more information.</para> 445 </listitem> 446 </varlistentry> 447 <varlistentry> <term xml:lang="en">Display area</term> 448 <listitem> 449 <para xml:lang="en">The display area displays the contents of the archive. </para> 450 </listitem> 451 </varlistentry> 452 <varlistentry> <term xml:lang="en">Statusbar</term> 453 <listitem> 454 <para xml:lang="en">The statusbar displays information about current <application>Archive Manager</application> activity and contextual information about the archive contents. <application>Archive Manager</application> displays the statusbar by default. To hide the statusbar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To show the statusbar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> again. </para> 455 </listitem> 456 </varlistentry> 457 </variablelist> 458 <para xml:lang="en">When you right-click in the <application>Archive Manager</application> window, the application displays a popup menu. The popup menu contains the most common contextual archive commands. </para> 459 460 <section xml:id="engrampa-bookmarks"><info><title xml:lang="en">Browsing the Filesystem</title></info> 461 462 <para xml:lang="en">Several <application>Archive Manager</application> dialogs (<guilabel>New</guilabel>, <guilabel>Open</guilabel>, <guilabel>Extract</guilabel>,...) enable you 463 to browse files and folders on your computer. Refer to the <link xlink:href="help:mate-user-guide/filechooser-open">Desktop User Guide</link> to learn more about using the 464 file browsing dialogs.</para> 465 <para xml:lang="en">You can also refer to the <link xlink:href="help:mate-user-guide/caja-bookmarks">Bookmarks 466 section</link> of the Desktop User Guide to learn how you can use the <guilabel>Places</guilabel> pane 467 to access your favorite locations.</para> 468 </section> 469 </section> 470</section> 471 472 473 474<!-- ======= Working with archives ============= --> 475 476<section xml:id="engrampa-working"><info><title xml:lang="en">Working With Archives</title></info> 477 478 <para xml:lang="en"> 479 When you use <application>Archive Manager</application> to work with an archive, all changes are saved to disk immediately. For example, if you delete a file from an archive, <application>Archive Manager</application> deletes the file as soon as you click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. This behavior is different to that of most applications, which save the changes to disk only when you quit the application or select <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> in the menu.</para> 480 <para xml:lang="en"> 481 If an archive is very large, or you have a slow system, some archive actions can take significant time. To abort the current action, press <keycap>Esc</keycap>. Alternatively, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Stop</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or click <guibutton>Stop</guibutton> in the toolbar. 482 </para> 483 <para xml:lang="en"> 484 In <application>Archive Manager</application>, you can perform the same action in several ways. For example, you can open an archive in the following ways: 485 <informaltable frame="all"> 486 <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"> 487 <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/> 488 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/> 489 <thead> 490 <row valign="top"> 491 <entry colname="COLSPEC0"> 492 <para xml:lang="en">UI Component</para></entry> 493 <entry colname="COLSPEC1" align="left"> 494 <para xml:lang="en">Action</para></entry> 495 </row> 496 </thead> 497 <tbody> 498 <row valign="top"> 499 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Window</para></entry> 500 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Drag an archive into the <application>Archive Manager</application> window from another application such as a file manager.</para></entry> 501 </row> 502 <row valign="top"> 503 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Menubar</para></entry> 504 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Archive</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> 505 <para xml:lang="en">If you have recently opened the archive, it will be listed directly in the <menuchoice><guimenu>Archive</guimenu></menuchoice> menu.</para> 506</entry> 507 </row> 508 <row valign="top"> 509 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Toolbar</para></entry> 510 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Click on the <guibutton>Open</guibutton> toolbar button.</para> 511 <para xml:lang="en">If you have recently opened the archive, click on the down arrow near the <guibutton>Open</guibutton> toolbar button.</para></entry> 512 </row> 513 <row valign="top"> 514 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Right-click popup menu</para></entry> 515 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Right-click on the archive, then choose <guilabel>Open</guilabel> from the popup menu.</para></entry> 516 </row> 517 <row valign="top"> 518 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Shortcut keys</para></entry> 519 <entry><para xml:lang="en">Press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>.</para></entry> 520 </row> 521 </tbody> 522 </tgroup> 523 </informaltable> 524 </para> 525 <para xml:lang="en"> 526 This manual documents functionality from the menubar. 527 </para> 528 529 <section xml:id="engrampa-pattern"><info><title xml:lang="en">Filename Patterns</title></info> 530 531 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> enables you to add, extract, or delete several files at once. To apply an action to all files that match a certain pattern, enter the pattern in the text box. The pattern can include standard wildcard symbols such as <keycap>*</keycap> to match any string, and <keycap>?</keycap> to match any single symbol. You can enter several patterns separated by semicolons. <application>Archive Manager</application> applies the action to all files that match at least one of the patterns. The examples in the following table show how to use filename patterns to select files. 532 </para> 533 <informaltable frame="all"> 534 <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"> 535 <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/> 536 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/> 537 <thead> 538 <row valign="top"> 539 <entry colname="COLSPEC0"> 540 <para>iPateni</para></entry> 541 <entry colname="COLSPEC1" align="left"> 542 <para xml:lang="en">Files Matched</para></entry> 543 </row> 544 </thead> 545 <tbody> 546 <row valign="top"> 547 <entry><para xml:lang="en"><filename>*</filename></para></entry> 548 <entry align="left"><para>Zonke iifayili</para></entry> 549 </row> 550 <row valign="top"> 551 <entry><para xml:lang="en"><filename>*.tar*</filename></para></entry> 552 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en">All files with extension <filename>tar</filename>, including those in which the <filename>tar</filename> extension is followed by any sequence of symbols, such as <filename>filename.tar.gz</filename></para></entry> 553 </row> 554 <row valign="top"> 555 <entry><para xml:lang="en"><filename>*.jpg; *.jpeg</filename></para></entry> 556 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en">All files with extension <filename>jpg</filename> and all files with extension <filename>jpeg</filename></para></entry> 557 </row> 558 <row valign="top"> 559 <entry><para xml:lang="en"><filename>file?.gz</filename></para></entry> 560 <entry align="left"><para xml:lang="en">All files with extension <filename>gz</filename> that have the name "file" followed by any single character, e.g. <filename>file2.gz</filename>, <filename>filex.gz</filename>.</para></entry> 561 </row> 562 </tbody> 563 </tgroup> 564 </informaltable> 565 </section> 566 567<!-- ======= To open an archive ============= --> 568 569<section xml:id="engrampa-open"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Open an Archive</title></info> 570 571 <para xml:lang="en"> 572 To open an archive, perform the following steps: 573 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 574 <listitem> 575 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Archive</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to display the <guilabel>Open</guilabel> dialog. Alternatively press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>, or click <guibutton>Open</guibutton> in the toolbar.</para> 576 </listitem> 577 <listitem> 578 <para xml:lang="en">Select the archive that you want to open.</para> 579 </listitem> 580 <listitem> 581 <para xml:lang="en">Click <guibutton>Open</guibutton>.</para> 582 </listitem> 583 </orderedlist> 584 </para> 585 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> automatically determines the archive type, and displays: 586 <itemizedlist> 587 <listitem> 588 <para xml:lang="en">The archive name in the window titlebar</para> 589 </listitem> 590 <listitem> 591 <para xml:lang="en">The archive contents in the display area</para> 592 </listitem> 593 <listitem> 594 <para xml:lang="en">The number files and folders (objects) in the current location, and their size when uncompressed, in the statusbar</para> 595 </listitem> 596 </itemizedlist> 597 </para> 598 <para xml:lang="en"> 599 To open another archive, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Archive</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice> again. <application>Archive Manager</application> opens each archive in a new window. You can't open another archive in the same window. 600 </para> 601 <para xml:lang="en"> 602 If you try to open an archive that was created in a format that <application>Archive Manager</application> does not recognize, the application displays an error message. See <xref linkend="engrampa-intro"/> for a list of supported formats. 603 </para> 604 </section> 605 606<!-- ======= Selecting files in an archive ============= --> 607 <section xml:id="engrampa-select-files"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Select Files in an Archive</title></info> 608 609 <para xml:lang="en"> 610 To select all files in an archive, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>A</keycap></keycombo>. </para> 611 <para xml:lang="en">To deselect all files in an archive, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Deselect All</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or press <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>A</keycap></keycombo>. 612 </para> 613 </section> 614 615 <!-- =========== Extracting Files From an Archive ==================== --> 616 617 <section xml:id="engrampa-extract"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Extract Files From an Archive</title></info> 618 619 <para xml:lang="en"> 620 To extract files from an open archive, perform the following steps: 621 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 622 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"> 623 Select the files that you want to extract. To select more files, press-and-hold <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> and click on the files you want to select.</para> 624 </listitem> 625 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"> 626 Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Archive</guimenu><guimenuitem>Extract</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to display the <guilabel>Extract</guilabel> dialog. Alternatively click <guibutton>Extract</guibutton> in the toolbar.</para> 627 </listitem> 628 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"> 629 Select the folder where <application>Archive Manager</application> extracts the files.</para> 630 </listitem> 631 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"> 632 Select the required extract options. For more information about the extract options, see <xref linkend="engrampa-extract-options"/>.</para> 633 </listitem> 634 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"> 635 Click <guibutton>Extract</guibutton>.</para> 636 <note> 637 <para xml:lang="en"> 638 If all of the files in the archive are protected by a password, and you have not specified it, <application>Archive Manager</application> asks you to enter the password. 639 </para> 640 <para xml:lang="en"> 641 If some but not all of the files in the archive are protected by a password, and you have not specified the password, <application>Archive Manager</application> does not ask for a password. However, <application>Archive Manager</application> extracts only the unprotected files. 642 </para> 643 <para xml:lang="en"> 644 For more information about passwords, see <xref linkend="engrampa-encrypt-files"/>. 645 </para> 646 </note> 647 </listitem> 648 </orderedlist> 649 </para> 650 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> also provides ways of extracting files from an archive in a file manager window, without opening a <application>Archive Manager</application> window. See <xref linkend="engrampa-fmgr"/> for more information.</para> 651 <para xml:lang="en"> 652 The Extract operation extracts a <emphasis>copy</emphasis> of the specified files from the archive. The extracted files have the same permissions and modification date as the original files that were added to the archive. 653 </para> 654 <para xml:lang="en"> 655 The Extract operation does not change the contents of the archive. For information on how to delete files from an archive, see <xref linkend="engrampa-delete-files"/>. 656 </para> 657 </section> 658 659<!-- ======= Closing the Archive ============= --> 660 <section xml:id="engrampa-archive-close"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Close an Archive</title></info> 661 662 <para xml:lang="en">To close the current archive and the current <application>Archive Manager</application> window, choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>Archive</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>, or press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>W</keycap></keycombo>. 663 </para> 664 <note> 665 <para xml:lang="en">There is no way to close the current archive but not the <application>Archive Manager</application> window. 666 </para> 667 </note> 668 </section> 669</section> 670 671 672<!-- ============= Creating Archives ============================= --> 673<section xml:id="engrampa-creating"><info><title xml:lang="en">Creating Archives</title></info> 674 675 <para xml:lang="en"> 676 In addition to opening existing archives, you can also create new archives with <application>Archive Manager</application>.</para> 677 <section xml:id="engrampa-create"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Create an Archive</title></info> 678 679 <para xml:lang="en"> 680 To create an archive, perform the following steps: 681 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 682 <listitem> 683 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Archive</guimenu><guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to display the <guilabel>New</guilabel> dialog. Alternatively press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>, or click <guibutton>New</guibutton> in the toolbar. 684 </para> 685 </listitem> 686 <listitem> 687 <para xml:lang="en">Specify the folder where <application>Archive Manager</application> places the new archive clicking on the entry in the <guilabel>Save in folder</guilabel> drop-down list. If the folder is not present in list, click on <guilabel>Browse for other folders</guilabel>, and select the folder. Alternatively, enter the path in the <guilabel>Name</guilabel> text box. 688 </para> 689 </listitem> 690 <listitem> 691 <para xml:lang="en">Enter the name of the new archive, including the file extension, in the <guilabel>Name</guilabel> text box. Alternatively you can specify the archive name without extension, and then select the archive type from the <guilabel>Archive type</guilabel> drop-down menu, this way the extension will be added automatically. 692 </para> 693 </listitem> 694 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"> 695 Select the required create options clicking on <guilabel>Other Options</guilabel>. For more information about the create options, see <xref linkend="engrampa-create-options"/>.</para> 696 </listitem> 697 <listitem> 698 <para xml:lang="en">Click <guibutton>New</guibutton>. <application>Archive Manager</application> creates an empty archive, but does not yet write the archive to disk. 699 </para> 700 </listitem> 701 <listitem> 702 <para xml:lang="en">Add files to the new archive as described in <xref linkend="engrampa-add-files"/>. 703 <note> 704 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> writes a new archive to disk only when the archive contains at least one file. If you create a new archive and quit <application>Archive Manager</application> before you add any files to the archive, <application>Archive Manager</application> deletes the archive. 705 </para> 706 </note> 707 </para> 708 </listitem> 709 </orderedlist> 710 </para> 711</section> 712 713 <!-- ======= Adding files to an archive ============= --> 714 <section xml:id="engrampa-add-files"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Add Files to an Archive</title></info> 715 716 <para xml:lang="en"> 717 To add files to an archive, perform the following steps: 718 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 719 <listitem> 720 <para xml:lang="en">Decide where in the archive you want to add the files, then open that location in the archive.</para> 721 </listitem> 722 <listitem> 723 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Files</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to display the <guilabel>Add Files</guilabel> dialog, or click <guibutton>Add Files</guibutton> in the toolbar.</para> 724 </listitem> 725 <listitem> 726 <para xml:lang="en">Select the files that you want to add. To select more files press-and-hold <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> and click the files.</para> 727 </listitem> 728 <listitem> 729 <para xml:lang="en">Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>. <application>Archive Manager</application> adds the files to the current folder in the archive. 730 </para> 731 </listitem> 732 </orderedlist> 733 </para> 734 <para xml:lang="en">You cannot add folders to the archive with the <guilabel>Add Files</guilabel> dialog. To add a folder see <xref linkend="engrampa-add-folder"/>.</para> 735 <para xml:lang="en">The <guilabel>Add Files</guilabel> dialog provides the <guilabel>Add only if newer</guilabel> option, see <xref linkend="engrampa-add-options"/> for more information on this option.</para> 736 <para xml:lang="en">You can also add files to an archive in a file manager window, without opening an <application>Archive Manager</application> window. See <xref linkend="engrampa-fmgr"/> for more information.</para> 737 <para xml:lang="en">The Add operation adds a <emphasis>copy</emphasis> of the specified files or folders to the archive. <application>Archive Manager</application> does not remove the original files, which remain unchanged in the file system. The copies that are added to the archive have the same permissions and modification date as the original files. 738 </para> 739 </section> 740 741<!-- ======= Adding files - Adding folder ============= --> 742 <section xml:id="engrampa-add-folder"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Add a Folder to an Archive</title></info> 743 744 <para xml:lang="en"> 745 To add a folder to an archive, perform the following steps: 746 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 747 <listitem> 748 <para xml:lang="en">Decide where in the archive you want to add the files, then open that location in the archive.</para> 749 </listitem> 750 <listitem> 751 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add a Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to display the <guilabel>Add a Folder</guilabel> dialog.</para> 752 </listitem> 753 <listitem> 754 <para xml:lang="en">Select the folder that you want to add.</para> 755 </listitem> 756 <listitem> 757 <para xml:lang="en">Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>. <application>Archive Manager</application> adds the folder to the current folder in the archive. 758 </para> 759 </listitem> 760 </orderedlist> 761 </para> 762 <para xml:lang="en">The <guilabel>Add a Folder</guilabel> dialog provides several advanced options. See <xref linkend="engrampa-add-options"/> for more information.</para> 763 </section> 764 765 <!-- ======= Converting an Archive to Another Format ============= --> 766 <section xml:id="engrampa-convert-archive"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Convert an Archive to Another Format</title></info> 767 768 <para xml:lang="en">To convert an archive to another format and save as a new file, perform the following steps: 769 </para> 770 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 771 <listitem> 772 <para xml:lang="en">Open the archive that you want to convert. 773 </para> 774 </listitem> 775 <listitem> 776 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Archive</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to display the <guilabel>Save</guilabel> dialog. 777 </para> 778 </listitem> 779 <listitem> 780 <para xml:lang="en">Enter the new archive name in the <guilabel>Name</guilabel> text box. 781 </para> 782 </listitem> 783 <listitem> 784 <para xml:lang="en">Select the new format from the <guilabel>Archive type</guilabel> drop-down list. Alternatively, enter the filename extension in the <guilabel>Name</guilabel> text box, and select <guilabel>Automatic</guilabel> from the <guilabel>Archive type</guilabel> drop-down list. 785 </para> 786 </listitem> 787 <listitem> 788 <para xml:lang="en">Select the required create options clicking on <guilabel>Other Options</guilabel>. For more information about the create options, see <xref linkend="engrampa-create-options"/>. 789 </para> 790 </listitem> 791 <listitem> 792 <para xml:lang="en">Click <guibutton>Save</guibutton>. 793 </para> 794 <note> 795 <para xml:lang="en"> 796 If all of the files in the archive are protected by a password, and you have not specified it, <application>Archive Manager</application> asks you to enter the password. 797 </para> 798 <para xml:lang="en"> 799 If some but not all of the files in the archive are protected by a password, and you have not specified the password, <application>Archive Manager</application> does not ask for a password. However, <application>Archive Manager</application> copies only the unprotected files to the new archive. 800 </para> 801 <para xml:lang="en"> 802 For more information about passwords, see <xref linkend="engrampa-encrypt-files"/>. 803 </para> 804 </note> 805 </listitem> 806 </orderedlist> 807 </section> 808</section> 809 810<!-- ======= Operations on Archive Contents ============= --> 811<section xml:id="engrampa-modify-contents"><info><title xml:lang="en">Modifying the Contents of an Archive</title></info> 812 813 <para xml:lang="en"> 814 You can modify the contents of an archive in several ways. 815 </para> 816 817<!-- ======= Encrypting files in an archive ============= --> 818 <section xml:id="engrampa-encrypt-files"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Encrypt Files in an Archive</title></info> 819 820 <para xml:lang="en">For security, you might want to encrypt the files that you add to an archive. </para> 821 <para xml:lang="en">If the archive format supports encryption, you can specify a password to encrypt the files that you add to the archive.</para> 822 <note> 823 <para xml:lang="en">Currently, only 7-Zip, ZIP, RAR and ARJ archives support encryption.</para> 824 </note> 825 <para xml:lang="en">To specify a password for file encryption, perform the following steps:</para> 826 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 827 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Password</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to display the <guilabel>Password</guilabel> dialog.</para></listitem> 828<listitem><para xml:lang="en">Enter the password in the <guilabel>Password</guilabel> text box.</para></listitem> 829<listitem><para xml:lang="en">Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para></listitem> 830 </orderedlist> 831 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> uses the password to encrypt the files that you add to the current archive, and to decrypt the files that you extract from the current archive. <application>Archive Manager</application> deletes the password when you close the archive. 832 </para> 833 <para xml:lang="en">For information on how to check whether an archive contains encrypted files, see <xref linkend="engrampa-extra-info"/>. 834 </para> 835 <note> 836 <para xml:lang="en">The encryption provided by archive utilities is weak and insecure. If security is important, use a strong encryption tool such as <link xlink:href="http://www.gnupg.org">GNU Privacy Guard</link>. 837 </para> 838 </note> 839 </section> 840 841<!-- ======= Renaming files in an archive ============= --> 842 <section xml:id="engrampa-rename-files"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Rename a File in an Archive</title></info> 843 844 <para xml:lang="en">To rename a file in an archive, perform the following steps:</para> 845 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 846 <listitem> 847 <para xml:lang="en">Select the file that you want to rename.</para> 848 </listitem> 849 <listitem> 850 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or press <keycombo><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>, to display the <guilabel>Rename</guilabel> dialog.</para> 851 </listitem> 852 <listitem> 853 <para xml:lang="en">Enter the new filename in the <guilabel>New file name</guilabel> text box.</para> 854 </listitem> 855 <listitem> 856 <para xml:lang="en">Click <guibutton>Rename</guibutton>. 857 </para> 858 </listitem> 859 </orderedlist> 860 </section> 861 862<!-- ======= Copying files in an archive ============= --> 863 <section xml:id="engrampa-copy-files"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Copy Files in an Archive</title></info> 864 865 <para xml:lang="en">To copy files in an archive, perform the following steps:</para> 866 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 867 <listitem> 868 <para xml:lang="en">Select the files that you want to copy.</para> 869 </listitem> 870 <listitem> 871 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>. </para> 872 </listitem> 873 <listitem> 874 <para xml:lang="en">Open the location where you want to put the copied files.</para> 875 </listitem> 876 <listitem> 877 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>V</keycap></keycombo>. </para> 878 </listitem> 879 </orderedlist> 880 </section> 881 882<!-- ======= Moving files in an archive ============= --> 883 <section xml:id="engrampa-move-files"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Move Files in an Archive</title></info> 884 885 <para xml:lang="en">To move files in an archive, perform the following steps:</para> 886 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 887 <listitem> 888 <para xml:lang="en">Select the files that you want to move.</para> 889 </listitem> 890 <listitem> 891 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>X</keycap></keycombo>. </para> 892 </listitem> 893 <listitem> 894 <para xml:lang="en">Open the location where you want to put the moved files.</para> 895 </listitem> 896 <listitem> 897 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>V</keycap></keycombo>. </para> 898 </listitem> 899 </orderedlist> 900 </section> 901 902<!-- ======= Deleting files from an archive ============= --> 903 <section xml:id="engrampa-delete-files"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Delete Files From an Archive</title></info> 904 905 <para xml:lang="en">To delete files from an archive, perform the following steps:</para> 906 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 907 <listitem> 908 <para xml:lang="en">Select the files that you want to delete.</para> 909 </listitem> 910 <listitem> 911 <para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or press <keycap>Delete</keycap> to display the <guilabel>Delete</guilabel> dialog.</para> 912 </listitem> 913 <listitem> 914 <para xml:lang="en">Select one of the following delete options:</para> 915 <variablelist> 916 <varlistentry> 917 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>All files</guilabel></term> 918 <listitem> 919 <para xml:lang="en"> 920 Delete all files from the archive. 921 </para> 922 </listitem> 923 </varlistentry> 924 <varlistentry> 925 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Selected files</guilabel></term> 926 <listitem> 927 <para xml:lang="en"> 928 Delete the selected files from the archive. 929 </para> 930 </listitem> 931 </varlistentry> 932 <varlistentry> 933 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Files</guilabel></term> 934 <listitem> 935 <para xml:lang="en"> 936 Delete from the archive all files that match the specified pattern. See <xref linkend="engrampa-pattern"/> for more information about filename patterns. 937 </para> 938 </listitem> 939 </varlistentry> 940 </variablelist> 941 </listitem> 942 <listitem> 943 <para xml:lang="en">Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. 944 </para> 945 </listitem> 946 </orderedlist> 947 </section> 948 949<!-- ============= Modify a File in an Archive ==================== --> 950 <section xml:id="engrampa-modify-archive-file"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Modify a File in an Archive</title></info> 951 952 <para xml:lang="en"> 953 To modify a file in an archive perform the following steps: 954 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 955 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Double-click the file that you want to open. Alternatively right-click the file and choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem> 956 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Edit the file opened in step 1, and then save your changes.</para></listitem> 957 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> shows a confirmation dialog, asking confirmation to update the file in the archive with the changes you made.</para></listitem> 958 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Click on <guilabel>Update</guilabel>.</para></listitem> 959 </orderedlist> 960 </para> 961 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> uses the system-defined associations between file types and programs to determine the appropriate application to launch for a specific file. These assocations can be displayed and modified in the <guilabel>Open With</guilabel> tab of the file properties dialog. If <application>Archive Manager</application> cannot determine the appropriate application, <application>Archive Manager</application> displays the <guilabel>Open Files</guilabel> dialog to let you choose an application, as described in below. 962 </para> 963 <section xml:id="engrampa-modifiy-archive-file-custom-app"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Modify a File in an Archive with a Custom Application</title></info> 964 965 <para xml:lang="en"> 966 You can use an application specified by you, rather than the default application, to modify a file. To use an external application to open a file: 967 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 968 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Right click the file.</para></listitem> 969 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Open With...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem> 970 </orderedlist> 971 </para> 972 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> displays the <guilabel>Open Files</guilabel> dialog, which lists all of the applications that can open files of the specified type. To select one of the applications, double-click the application name or click on the application name and then click <guibutton>Open</guibutton>. Alternatively, enter the application name in the <guilabel>Application</guilabel> text box and then click <guibutton>Open</guibutton> to launch the application of your choice.</para> 973 <para xml:lang="en">Once the application starts follow the procedure from step 2 as described in <xref linkend="engrampa-modify-archive-file"/>.</para> 974 </section> 975 </section> 976</section> 977 978 979<!-- ======= Viewing an archive ============= --> 980<section xml:id="engrampa-view"><info><title xml:lang="en">Viewing Archives</title></info> 981 982 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> enables you to view several aspects of an archive. 983 </para> 984 985<!-- ======= Archive Properties ============= --> 986 <section xml:id="engrampa-view-archive-properties"><info><title xml:lang="en">To View the Properties of an Archive</title></info> 987 988 <para xml:lang="en">To view the properties of an archive, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Archive</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to display the <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> dialog. The <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> dialog displays the following information about the archive: 989 <variablelist> 990 <varlistentry> 991 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Name</guilabel></term> 992 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The name of the archive. 993 </para></listitem> 994 </varlistentry> 995 <varlistentry> 996 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Location</guilabel></term> 997 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The position of the archive in the file system. 998 </para></listitem> 999 </varlistentry> 1000 <varlistentry> 1001 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Modified on</guilabel></term> 1002 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The date and time at which the archive was last modified. 1003 </para></listitem> 1004 </varlistentry> 1005 <varlistentry> 1006 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Archive size</guilabel></term> 1007 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The size of the archive contents when compressed. 1008 </para></listitem> 1009 </varlistentry> 1010 <varlistentry> 1011 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Content size</guilabel></term> 1012 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The size of the archive contents when uncompressed. This information is also available in the statusbar. 1013 </para></listitem> 1014 </varlistentry> 1015 1016 <varlistentry> 1017 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Compression ratio</guilabel></term> 1018 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The compression ratio is a value used to describe the reduction in size of the data. For example a compression ratio of 5 means that the compressed archive is 1/5th the size of the original data. 1019 </para></listitem> 1020 </varlistentry> 1021 1022 <varlistentry> 1023 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Number of files</guilabel></term> 1024 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The number of files in the archive. 1025 </para></listitem> 1026 </varlistentry> 1027 </variablelist> 1028 </para> 1029 </section> 1030 1031 1032<!-- ======= Archive Contents ============= --> 1033 <section xml:id="engrampa-view-archive-contents"><info><title xml:lang="en">To View the Contents of an Archive</title></info> 1034 1035 1036 <para xml:lang="en"> <application>Archive Manager</application> displays the archive contents in the main window as a file list with the following columns: 1037 <variablelist> 1038 <varlistentry> 1039 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Name</guilabel></term> 1040 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The name of a file or folder in the archive. 1041 </para></listitem> 1042 </varlistentry> 1043 <varlistentry> 1044 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Size</guilabel></term> 1045 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The size of the file when the file is extracted from the archive. For a folder, the <guilabel>Size</guilabel> field is blank. For information on how to display the size of the compressed file, see <xref linkend="engrampa-extra-info"/>. 1046 </para></listitem> 1047 </varlistentry> 1048 <varlistentry> 1049 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Type</guilabel></term> 1050 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The type of the file. For a folder, the value in the <guilabel>Type</guilabel> field is <literal>Folder</literal>. 1051 </para></listitem> 1052 </varlistentry> 1053 <varlistentry> 1054 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Date modified</guilabel></term> 1055 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The date on which the file was last modified. For a folder, the <guilabel>Date modified</guilabel> field is blank. 1056 </para></listitem> 1057 </varlistentry> 1058 <varlistentry> 1059 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Location</guilabel></term> 1060 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">The path to the file within the archive. This column is visible only when the window is in file view, when in folder view the location of the files is displayed in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> text box of the folderbar. For more information about view types see <xref linkend="engrampa-view-type-folder"/>. 1061 </para></listitem> 1062 </varlistentry> 1063 </variablelist> 1064 </para> 1065 <para xml:lang="en">If another program has modified the archive since <application>Archive Manager</application> opened the archive, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Reload</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to reload the archive contents from disk. 1066 </para> 1067 <para xml:lang="en">For information on how to customize the way that <application>Archive Manager</application> displays the archive contents, see <xref linkend="engrampa-archive-custom"/>. 1068 </para> 1069 <para xml:lang="en">For more advanced tasks, use an application installed on your system. For more information, see <xref linkend="engrampa-view-archive-file"/>. 1070 </para> 1071 </section> 1072 1073 <!-- ============= Viewing a File in an Archive ==================== --> 1074 <section xml:id="engrampa-view-archive-file"><info><title xml:lang="en">To View a File in an Archive</title></info> 1075 1076 <para xml:lang="en"> 1077 To view a file in an archive follow the steps described in <xref linkend="engrampa-modify-archive-file"/>. If you save the opened file, click <guilabel>Cancel</guilabel> when <application>Archive Manager</application> asks confirmation to update the file in the archive. 1078 </para> 1079 </section> 1080 1081<!-- ============= Testing the Integrity of an Archive ==================== --> 1082 <section xml:id="engrampa-test-archive"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Test the Integrity of an Archive</title></info> 1083 1084 <para xml:lang="en">Sometimes an archive can be damaged for some reason, to check whether an archive is damaged, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Archive</guimenu><guimenuitem>Test Integrity</guimenuitem></menuchoice>: 1085 <itemizedlist> 1086 <listitem> 1087 <para xml:lang="en">If the archive contains no errors, <application>Archive Manager</application> opens the <guilabel>Test Result</guilabel> dialog to list each file in the archive, and indicates that each file has status <literal>OK</literal>. 1088 </para> 1089 </listitem> 1090 <listitem> 1091 <para xml:lang="en">If the archive contains some error, <application>Archive Manager</application> opens the <guilabel>Test Result</guilabel> dialog displaying the part of the archive contains the error. 1092 </para> 1093 </listitem> 1094 </itemizedlist> 1095 </para> 1096 <para xml:lang="en">A damaged archive can be impossible to extract, this can bring to a loss of data. For this reason you should test the archive integrity before deleting the original files. 1097 </para> 1098 <para xml:lang="en">If the archive contains encrypted files, <application>Archive Manager</application> asks the password of the archive before performing the test. 1099 </para> 1100 <note> 1101 <para xml:lang="en">Not all the archive types support the integrity testing, the following is the list of archive types that can be tested for integrity: 7-Zip, RAR, ZIP, ACE, ARJ and Zoo. 1102 </para> 1103 </note> 1104 <tip><info><title xml:lang="en">Tip</title></info> 1105 1106 <para xml:lang="en">To test the integrity of an archive that doesn't support the integrity testing, extract all the files from the archive and check that the operation is completed successfully. 1107 </para> 1108 </tip> 1109 </section> 1110</section> 1111 1112<!-- ======= Customizing the Archive Display ============= --> 1113<section xml:id="engrampa-archive-custom"><info><title xml:lang="en">Customizing the Archive Display</title></info> 1114 1115 <para xml:lang="en">You can customize the way that <application>Archive Manager</application> displays the archive contents, as follows: 1116 </para> 1117 <itemizedlist> 1118 <listitem> 1119 <para xml:lang="en">Switch between folder view and file view. For more information, see <xref linkend="engrampa-view-type"/>. 1120 </para> 1121 </listitem> 1122 <listitem> 1123 <para xml:lang="en">Specify the order in which to display files in the list. For more information, see <xref linkend="engrampa-view-sort"/>. 1124 </para> 1125 </listitem> 1126 <listitem> 1127 <para xml:lang="en">Display additional details about the contents of the archive. For more information, see <xref linkend="engrampa-extra-info"/>. 1128 </para> 1129 </listitem> 1130 </itemizedlist> 1131 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> updates the display immediately, when you make any of the above customizations. 1132 </para> 1133 1134 <section xml:id="engrampa-view-type"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Set the View Type</title></info> 1135 1136 <para xml:lang="en">If the archive contains folders, you can show the archive contents in either <xref linkend="engrampa-view-type-folder"/> or <xref linkend="engrampa-view-type-file"/>. 1137 </para> 1138 1139 <section xml:id="engrampa-view-type-folder"><info><title xml:lang="en">Folder View</title></info> 1140 1141 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> displays the archive contents in folder view by default. To explicitly select folder view, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>View as a Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. 1142 </para> 1143 <para xml:lang="en">In folder view, <application>Archive Manager</application> shows folders in the same way as a file manager shows folders. That is, <application>Archive Manager</application> indicates folders in the display area with a folder icon and the folder name. To view the contents of a folder, double-click on the folder name. 1144 </para> 1145 <para xml:lang="en">The folderbar, which <application>Archive Manager</application> displays only in folder view, contains the components described in the following table. 1146 </para> 1147 <informaltable frame="all"> 1148 <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"> 1149 <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/> 1150 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/> 1151 <thead> 1152 <row valign="top"> 1153 <entry colname="COLSPEC0"> 1154 <para xml:lang="en">Component</para></entry> 1155 <entry colname="COLSPEC1"> 1156 <para>Inkcazelo</para></entry> 1157 </row> 1158 </thead> 1159 <tbody> 1160 <row valign="top"> 1161 <entry> 1162 <para xml:lang="en"> 1163 <inlinemediaobject> 1164 <imageobject> 1165 <imagedata fileref="figures/engrampa_leftarrow.png" format="PNG"/> 1166 </imageobject> 1167 <textobject> 1168 <phrase>Shows icon to navigate backwards in location history list.</phrase> 1169 </textobject> 1170 </inlinemediaobject> 1171 </para> 1172 </entry> 1173 <entry> 1174 <para xml:lang="en"> 1175 Click on this button to navigate backwards in the location history list. 1176 </para> 1177 </entry> 1178 </row> 1179 <row valign="top"> 1180 <entry> 1181 <para xml:lang="en"> 1182 <inlinemediaobject> 1183 <imageobject> 1184 <imagedata fileref="figures/engrampa_rightarrow.png" format="PNG"/> 1185 </imageobject> 1186 <textobject> 1187 <phrase>Shows icon to navigate forwards in location history list.</phrase> 1188 </textobject> 1189 </inlinemediaobject> 1190 </para> 1191 </entry> 1192 <entry> 1193 <para xml:lang="en"> 1194 Click on this button to navigate forwards in the location history list. 1195 </para> 1196 </entry> 1197 </row> 1198 <row valign="top"> 1199 <entry> 1200 <para xml:lang="en"> 1201 <inlinemediaobject> 1202 <imageobject> 1203 <imagedata fileref="figures/engrampa_uparrow.png" format="PNG"/> 1204 </imageobject> 1205 <textobject> 1206 <phrase>Shows icon to navigate up one level in folder tree.</phrase> 1207 </textobject> 1208 </inlinemediaobject> 1209 </para> 1210 </entry> 1211 <entry> 1212 <para xml:lang="en"> 1213 Click on this button to navigate up one level in the folder tree. 1214 </para> 1215 </entry> 1216 </row> 1217 <row valign="top"> 1218 <entry> 1219 <para xml:lang="en"> 1220 <inlinemediaobject> 1221 <imageobject> 1222 <imagedata fileref="figures/engrampa_home.png" format="PNG"/> 1223 </imageobject> 1224 <textobject> 1225 <phrase>Shows icon to open the top-level folder in the archive.</phrase> 1226 </textobject> 1227 </inlinemediaobject> 1228 </para> 1229 </entry> 1230 <entry> 1231 <para xml:lang="en"> 1232 Click on this button to open the top-level folder in the archive. 1233 </para> 1234 </entry> 1235 </row> 1236 <row valign="top"> 1237 <entry> 1238 <para xml:lang="en"> 1239 <guilabel>Location</guilabel> 1240 </para> 1241 </entry> 1242 <entry> 1243 <para xml:lang="en"> 1244 This field shows the full pathname, within the archive, of the current folder. 1245 </para> 1246 <para xml:lang="en">To change to a different level in the folder tree, type the new location in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> text box then press <keycap>Return</keycap>. <application>Archive Manager</application> displays the contents of the new location. 1247 </para> 1248 </entry> 1249 </row> 1250 </tbody> 1251 </tgroup> 1252 </informaltable> 1253 </section> 1254 1255 <section xml:id="engrampa-view-type-file"><info><title xml:lang="en">File View</title></info> 1256 1257 <para xml:lang="en">To select file view, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>View All Files</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. 1258 </para> 1259 <para xml:lang="en">In file view, <application>Archive Manager</application> displays all files in the archive, including files from subfolders, in a single list. 1260 </para> 1261 </section> 1262 1263 </section> 1264 1265 <section xml:id="engrampa-view-sort"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Sort the File List</title></info> 1266 1267 <para xml:lang="en">You can sort the file list by name, size, type, modification date, or location. </para> 1268 <para xml:lang="en">To specify a sort order, click on the heading of the corresponding column. </para> 1269 <para xml:lang="en">To reverse the sort order, click on the column heading again. 1270 </para> 1271 <para xml:lang="en">For example, to sort the file list by modification date, click on the <guilabel>Date modified</guilabel> heading. <application>Archive Manager</application> rearranges the file list to display the files by modification date, starting with the earliest. To display the latest files first, click on the <guilabel>Date modified</guilabel> heading again. 1272 </para> 1273 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> always performs a secondary sort based on the file name. In the above example, <application>Archive Manager</application> sorts by name any files that have the same modification date. 1274 </para> 1275 </section> 1276 1277 <section xml:id="engrampa-extra-info"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Display Additional Details</title></info> 1278 1279 <para xml:lang="en">To open the <guilabel>Last Output</guilabel> dialog, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Last Output</guimenuitem></menuchoice>: 1280 <itemizedlist> 1281 <listitem> 1282 <para xml:lang="en">If you tested the archive in the current <application>Archive Manager</application> session, the <guilabel>Last Output</guilabel> dialog displays the results of the last test. 1283 </para> 1284 </listitem> 1285 <listitem> 1286 <para xml:lang="en">If you did not test the archive in the current <application>Archive Manager</application> session, the <guilabel>Last Output</guilabel> dialog displays a list of all files in the archive, but does not indicate any status for the files. Instead, the <guilabel>Last Output</guilabel> dialog provides the compressed size of each file and the percentage of compression, and the date and time at which the file was last modified. 1287 </para> 1288 </listitem> 1289 </itemizedlist> 1290 </para> 1291 </section> 1292</section> 1293 1294<!-- ====== Using the File Manager Popup Menu to Manipulate an Archive ===== --> 1295 1296<section xml:id="engrampa-fmgr"><info><title xml:lang="en">Using the File Manager to Work with an Archive</title></info> 1297 1298 <para xml:lang="en"> 1299 You can use the file manager to add files to an archive, or to extract files from an archive.</para> 1300 1301<!-- ======= Adding files Using File Manager Menu ============= --> 1302 <section xml:id="engrampa-fmgr-add"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Add Files to an Archive by Using the File Manager</title></info> 1303 1304 <para xml:lang="en">You can use the file manager to add files to an archive, in the following ways: 1305 <itemizedlist> 1306 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Drag the files into a <application>Archive Manager</application> window from a file manager window.</para> 1307 </listitem> 1308 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Use the file manager popup menu to add the files to the archive.</para> 1309 </listitem> 1310 </itemizedlist> 1311 </para> 1312 <para xml:lang="en">To use the file manager popup menu to add files to an archive, perform the following steps:</para> 1313 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 1314 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Right-click on the files or folders in a file manager window. </para> 1315 </listitem> 1316 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Choose <guimenuitem>Create Archive</guimenuitem> from the file manager popup menu to display the <application>Archive Manager</application> <guilabel>Create Archive</guilabel> dialog. </para> 1317 </listitem> 1318 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Enter the archive name, without the file extension, in the <guilabel>Archive</guilabel> text box. </para> 1319 </listitem> 1320 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Choose the archive type from the drop-down list. </para> 1321 </listitem> 1322 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Choose the location where to save the archive file, from the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> drop-down list. If the location is not present in the list choose <guilabel>Other...</guilabel> to select it with the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> dialog.</para> 1323 </listitem> 1324 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"> 1325 Select the required create options clicking on <guilabel>Other Options</guilabel>. For more information about the create options, see <xref linkend="engrampa-create-options"/>.</para> 1326 </listitem> 1327 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Click <guilabel>Create</guilabel> to add the selected files to the root folder of the specified archive. 1328 </para> 1329 <note><para xml:lang="en">To select any of the advanced add options, you must invoke <application>Archive Manager</application> as described in <xref linkend="engrampa-to-start"/>.</para></note> 1330 </listitem> 1331 </orderedlist> 1332 </section> 1333 1334<!-- ======= Extracting files Using File Manager Menu ============= --> 1335 <section xml:id="engrampa-fmgr-extract"><info><title xml:lang="en">To Extract Files From an Archive by Using the File Manager</title></info> 1336 1337 <para xml:lang="en">You can use the file manager to extract files from an archive, in the following ways: 1338 <itemizedlist> 1339 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Drag the files from a <application>Archive Manager</application> window into a file manager window.</para> 1340 </listitem> 1341 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Use the file manager popup menu to extract the files from the archive.</para> 1342 </listitem> 1343 </itemizedlist> 1344 </para> 1345 <para xml:lang="en">To use the file manager popup menu to extract files from an archive, perform the following steps:</para> 1346 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 1347 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Right-click on the archive in a file manager window. </para> 1348 </listitem> 1349 <listitem><para xml:lang="en">Choose <guimenuitem>Extract Here</guimenuitem> to extract all of the archive contents into the directory where the archive is located.</para> 1350 </listitem> 1351 </orderedlist> 1352 <note><para xml:lang="en">If the archive is encrypted, <application>Archive Manager</application> will ask to enter the password before extracting the files.</para></note> 1353 </section> 1354 1355</section> 1356 1357<!-- ======= Create Archive Advanced Options ============= --> 1358 <section xml:id="engrampa-create-options"><info><title xml:lang="en">Create Options</title></info> 1359 1360 <para xml:lang="en">When creating a new archive, or when converting an existing archive to another format, click on <guilabel>Other Options</guilabel> to specify the following advanced options: 1361 </para> 1362 <variablelist> 1363 <!-- ============= --> 1364 <varlistentry> 1365 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Password</guilabel></term> 1366 <listitem> 1367 <para xml:lang="en">Type the password that will be used to encrypt the archive. If no password is specified the archive will not be encrypted.</para> 1368 <note> 1369 <para xml:lang="en">Not all archive types support encryption. For more information about file encryption, see <xref linkend="engrampa-encrypt-files"/>.</para> 1370 </note> 1371 </listitem> 1372 </varlistentry> 1373 <varlistentry> 1374 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Encrypt the file list too</guilabel></term> 1375 <listitem> 1376 <para xml:lang="en">If this option is selected, the password will be requested even to view the list of files contained in the archive, otherwise it will be requested only to extract the files from the archive. This option is available only if a password is specified.</para> 1377 </listitem> 1378 </varlistentry> 1379 <varlistentry> 1380 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Split in volumes</guilabel></term> 1381 <listitem> 1382 <para xml:lang="en">Select this option to split the archive in more files of the specified dimension.</para> 1383 <note> 1384 <para xml:lang="en">Only 7-Zip and RAR archives support this feature.</para> 1385 </note> 1386 </listitem> 1387 </varlistentry> 1388 </variablelist> 1389 </section> 1390 1391<!-- ======= Add Advanced Options ============= --> 1392 <section xml:id="engrampa-add-options"><info><title xml:lang="en">Add Options</title></info> 1393 1394 <para xml:lang="en">The <guilabel>Add Files</guilabel> and <guilabel>Add a Folder</guilabel> dialogs provide the following option: 1395 </para> 1396 <variablelist> 1397 <!-- ============= --> 1398 <varlistentry> 1399 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Add only if newer</guilabel></term> 1400 <listitem> 1401 <para xml:lang="en">Select this option to add the specified file to the archive only if the archive does not contain the specified file, or if the archive contains an older version of the specified file. <application>Archive Manager</application> uses the modification date to determine which file is the most recent. If the version of the file in the archive is the most recent, <application>Archive Manager</application> does not add the specified file to the archive. 1402 </para> 1403 <para xml:lang="en">If you do not select this option, <application>Archive Manager</application> adds the file to the archive and overwrites the previous archive contents. 1404 </para> 1405 <tip><info><title xml:lang="en">Tip</title></info> 1406 1407 <para xml:lang="en">If you use <application>Archive Manager</application> to create backups, the <guilabel>Add only if newer</guilabel> option is very useful. For example, the archive <filename>backup.tar.gz</filename> contains a week-old backup of your home folder. To update the archive to contain a current backup of your home folder, perform the following steps: 1408 <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts"> 1409 <listitem> 1410 <para xml:lang="en"> 1411 Open the <filename>backup.tar.gz</filename> archive in <application>Archive Manager</application>. 1412 </para> 1413 </listitem> 1414 <listitem> 1415 <para xml:lang="en"> 1416 Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to display the <guilabel>Add a Folder</guilabel> dialog.</para> 1417 </listitem> 1418 <listitem> 1419 <para xml:lang="en"> 1420 Select your home folder. 1421 </para> 1422 </listitem> 1423 <listitem> 1424 <para xml:lang="en"> 1425 Select the <guilabel>Add only if newer</guilabel> option. 1426 </para> 1427 </listitem> 1428 <listitem> 1429 <para xml:lang="en"> 1430 Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>. 1431 </para> 1432 </listitem> 1433 </orderedlist> 1434 </para> 1435 <para xml:lang="en"><application>Archive Manager</application> automatically adds to the archive all files that you created during the last week, and updates all files that you modified during the last week. However, <application>Archive Manager</application> does not remove from the archive the files that you deleted during the last week. The archive update operation is much faster than doing a full backup of your home folder. 1436 </para> 1437 </tip> 1438 </listitem> 1439 </varlistentry> 1440 </variablelist> 1441 <section xml:id="engrampa-add-folder-options"><info><title xml:lang="en">Add to Folder Options</title></info> 1442 1443 <para xml:lang="en">The following options are available in the <guilabel>Add a Folder</guilabel> dialog and allow to automatically select and add all files that satisfy certain criteria: 1444 </para> 1445 <variablelist> 1446 <!-- ============= --> 1447 <varlistentry> 1448 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Include files</guilabel></term> 1449 <listitem> 1450 <para xml:lang="en">Type a filename pattern in this text box to include files with names that match the specified pattern. See <xref linkend="engrampa-pattern"/> for more information about filename patterns. 1451 </para> 1452 </listitem> 1453 </varlistentry> 1454 <!-- ============= --> 1455 <varlistentry> 1456 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Exclude files</guilabel></term> 1457 <listitem> 1458 <para xml:lang="en">Type a filename pattern in this text box to exclude files with names that match the specified pattern. See <xref linkend="engrampa-pattern"/> for more information about filename patterns. 1459 </para> 1460 </listitem> 1461 </varlistentry> 1462 <!-- ============= --> 1463 <varlistentry> 1464 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Exclude folders</guilabel></term> 1465 <listitem> 1466 <para xml:lang="en">Type a filename pattern in this text box to exclude folders with names that match the specified pattern. See <xref linkend="engrampa-pattern"/> for more information about filename patterns. 1467 </para> 1468 </listitem> 1469 </varlistentry> 1470 <!-- ============= --> 1471 <varlistentry> 1472 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Include subfolders</guilabel></term> 1473 <listitem> 1474 <para xml:lang="en">Select this option to add all files that match the specified pattern, from the current folder and from subfolders. 1475 </para> 1476 <note> 1477 <para xml:lang="en"> 1478 The filename, not the subfolder name, must match the specified pattern. 1479 </para> 1480 </note> 1481 <para xml:lang="en">If you do not select this option, <application>Archive Manager</application> adds the matching files from the current folder only. 1482 </para> 1483 </listitem> 1484 </varlistentry> 1485 <!-- ============= --> 1486 <varlistentry> 1487 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Exclude folders that are symbolic links</guilabel></term> 1488 <listitem> 1489 <para xml:lang="en">Select this option to omit files from folders that are symbolic links. Symbolic links are pointers or shortcuts to other folders. 1490 </para> 1491 <para xml:lang="en">If you do not select this option, <application>Archive Manager</application> adds the matching files from folders that are symbolic links. 1492 </para> 1493 </listitem> 1494 </varlistentry> 1495 <!-- ============= --> 1496 <varlistentry> 1497 <term xml:lang="en"><guibutton>Save Options</guibutton></term> 1498 <listitem> 1499 <para xml:lang="en">Click on this button to save the current selection of advanced add options to a file. The <guilabel>Save Options</guilabel> dialog is displayed. Enter a descriptive filename in the <guilabel>Options Name</guilabel> text box, then click <guibutton>Save</guibutton>. 1500 </para> 1501 </listitem> 1502 </varlistentry> 1503 <!-- ============= --> 1504 <varlistentry> 1505 <term xml:lang="en"><guibutton>Load Options</guibutton></term> 1506 <listitem> 1507 <para xml:lang="en">Click on this button to load or delete a previously saved selection of advanced add options. The <guilabel>Load Options</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para> 1508 <itemizedlist> 1509 <listitem> 1510 <para xml:lang="en"> 1511 To load a set of options, select the options file in the list box, then click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>. 1512 </para> 1513 </listitem> 1514 <listitem> 1515 <para xml:lang="en"> 1516 To delete a set of options, select the options file in the list box, then click <guibutton>Remove</guibutton>. Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the <guilabel>Load Options</guilabel> dialog. 1517 </para> 1518 </listitem> 1519 </itemizedlist> 1520 </listitem> 1521 </varlistentry> 1522 <!-- ============= --> 1523 <varlistentry> 1524 <term xml:lang="en"><guibutton>Reset Options</guibutton></term> 1525 <listitem> 1526 <para xml:lang="en">Click on this button to reset the current selection of advanced add options to the default values. 1527 </para> 1528 </listitem> 1529 </varlistentry> 1530 </variablelist> 1531 </section> 1532 </section> 1533 1534<!-- ======= Extract Options ============= --> 1535 <section xml:id="engrampa-extract-options"><info><title xml:lang="en">Extract Options</title></info> 1536 1537 1538 <para xml:lang="en"> 1539 The <guilabel>Extract</guilabel> dialog provides the following options, which are saved when you quit <application>Archive Manager</application>: 1540 </para> 1541 <variablelist> 1542 <!-- ============= --> 1543 <varlistentry> 1544 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Extract</guilabel></term> 1545 <listitem> 1546 <para xml:lang="en"> 1547 Select the files to be extracted: 1548 </para> 1549 <variablelist> 1550 <varlistentry> 1551 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>All files</guilabel></term> 1552 <listitem> 1553 <para xml:lang="en"> 1554 Extract all files from the archive. 1555 </para> 1556 </listitem> 1557 </varlistentry> 1558 <varlistentry> 1559 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Selected files</guilabel></term> 1560 <listitem> 1561 <para xml:lang="en"> 1562 Extract the selected files from the archive. 1563 </para> 1564 </listitem> 1565 </varlistentry> 1566 <varlistentry> 1567 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Files</guilabel></term> 1568 <listitem> 1569 <para xml:lang="en"> 1570 Extract from the archive all files that match the specified pattern. See <xref linkend="engrampa-pattern"/> for more information about filename patterns. 1571 </para> 1572 </listitem> 1573 </varlistentry> 1574 </variablelist> 1575 </listitem> 1576 </varlistentry> 1577 <!-- ============= --> 1578 <varlistentry> 1579 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Actions</guilabel></term> 1580 <listitem> 1581 <para xml:lang="en"> 1582 Select the following extract options: 1583 </para> 1584 <variablelist> 1585 <varlistentry> 1586 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Re-create folders</guilabel></term> 1587 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"> 1588 Select this option to reconstruct the folder structure when extracting the specified files. </para> 1589 <para xml:lang="en">For example, you specify <filename>/tmp</filename> in the <guilabel>Filename</guilabel> text box and choose to extract all files. The archive contains a subfolder called <filename>doc</filename>. 1590 <itemizedlist> 1591 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"> 1592 If you select the <guilabel>Re-create folders</guilabel> option, <application>Archive Manager</application> extracts the contents of the subfolder to <filename>/tmp/doc</filename>. 1593 </para> 1594 </listitem> 1595 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"> 1596 If you do not select the <guilabel>Re-create folders</guilabel> option, <application>Archive Manager</application> does not create any subfolders. Instead, <application>Archive Manager</application> extracts all files from the archive, including files from subfolders, to <filename>/tmp</filename>. 1597 </para> 1598 </listitem> 1599 </itemizedlist> 1600 </para></listitem> 1601 </varlistentry> 1602 <!-- ============= --> 1603 <varlistentry> 1604 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Overwrite existing files</guilabel> </term> 1605 <listitem><para xml:lang="en"> 1606 Select this option to overwrite any files in the destination folder that have the same name as the specified files. </para> 1607 <para xml:lang="en"> 1608 If you do not select this option, <application>Archive Manager</application> does not extract the specified file if an existing file with the same name already exists in the destination folder.</para> 1609 </listitem> 1610 </varlistentry> 1611 <!-- ============= --> 1612 <varlistentry> 1613 <term xml:lang="en"><guilabel>Do not extract older files</guilabel> </term> 1614 <listitem> 1615 <para xml:lang="en">This option is only effective while the <guilabel>Overwrite existing files</guilabel> option is selected. 1616 </para> 1617 <para xml:lang="en"> 1618 Select the <guilabel>Do not extract older files</guilabel> option to extract the specified file only if the destination folder does not contain the specified file, or if the destination folder contains an older version of the specified file. <application>Archive Manager</application> uses the modification date to determine which file is the most recent. If the version of the file in the archive is older, <application>Archive Manager</application> does not extract the specified file to the destination folder.</para> 1619 <para xml:lang="en"> 1620 If you do not select the <guilabel>Do not extract older files</guilabel> option while the <guilabel>Overwrite existing files</guilabel> option is selected, <application>Archive Manager</application> extracts the specified file from the archive and overwrites the previous contents of the destination folder. 1621 </para> 1622 </listitem> 1623 </varlistentry> 1624 </variablelist> 1625 </listitem> 1626 </varlistentry> 1627 </variablelist> 1628 </section> 1629</article> 1630
