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PATOOL(1) PATOOL(1)
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NAME
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patool - portable command line archive file manager
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SYNOPSIS
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patool (extract|list|test) [--verbose] <archive-file>...
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patool create [--verbose] <archive-file> [files...]
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patool diff <archive1> <archive2>
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patool repack <archive1> <archive2>
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patool formats
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DESCRIPTION
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Various archive types can be created, extracted, tested and
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listed by patool. The advantage of patool is its simplicity in
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handling archive files without having to remember a myriad of
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programs and options.
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The archive format is determined by the file(1) program and as
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a fallback by the archive file extension.
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patool supports 7z (.7z), ACE (.ace), ALZIP (.alz), AR (.a),
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ARC (.arc), ARJ (.arj), BZIP2 (.bz2), CAB (.cab), compress
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(.Z), CPIO (.cpio), DEB (.deb), GZIP (.gz), LRZIP (.lrz), LZH
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(.lha, .lzh), LZIP (.lz), LZMA (.lzma), LZOP (.lzo), RPM
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(.rpm), RAR (.rar), TAR (.tar), XZ (.xz) and ZIP (.zip, .jar)
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formats. It relies on helper applications to handle those ar‐
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chive formats (for example bzip2 for BZIP2 archives).
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EXAMPLES
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patool extract archive.zip otherarchive.rar
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patool test --verbose dist.tar.gz
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patool list package.deb
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patool create --verbose myfiles.zip file1.txt dir/
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patool diff release1.0.tar.gz release2.0.zip
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patool repack linux-2.6.33.tar.gz linux-2.6.33.tar.bz2
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COMMANDS
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Several commands and options are available.
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extract
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Extract files from an archive. The original archive will never
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be removed and is left as it is.
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This is the default command if no command was given.
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Files are always extracted to a unique temporary directory in
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the current working directory. If the archive contains exactly
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one file or directory, the archive contents are moved to the
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current working directory and the temporary directory will be
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removed.
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This prevents cluttering the current working directory with a
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lot of files from the extracted archive.
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All extracted files are ensured that they are readable by the
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current user.
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-v, --verbose
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Be verbose when extracting (if the helper application
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supports it).
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list
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List files in an archive.
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-v, --verbose
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Verbose archive listing (if the helper application sup‐
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ports it).
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create
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Create an archive from given files. At least on of the given
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files to add to the archive has to exist (non-existing files
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are ignored). The format of the archive to create is deter‐
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mined by the archive file extension.
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-v, --verbose
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Verbose operation (if the helper application supports
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it).
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test
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Test files in an archive. If the helper application does not
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support testing, the archive contents are listed instead.
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-v, --verbose
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Verbose archive testing (if the helper application sup‐
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ports it).
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diff
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Show differences between two archives with the diff(1) utility.
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The diff options used are -urN.
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repack
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Repackage archive to a different format. The target archive
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format is determined by the file extension.
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formats
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Show all supported archive formats (ie. which helper applica‐
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tions are available).
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HELP OPTION
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Specifying the help option displays help for patool itself, or
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a command.
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For example:
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patool --help - display help for patool
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patool extract --help - display help for the extract command
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AUTHOR
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Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@users.sourceforge.net>
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COPYRIGHT
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Copyright © 2010 Bastian Kleineidam
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patool February 2010 PATOOL(1)
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