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4.2 KiB
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106 lines
4.2 KiB
Groff
.\" -*- nroff -*-
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.\" Copyright (C) 2010 Bastian Kleineidam
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.\"
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.\" This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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.\" the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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.\" (at your option) any later version.
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.\"
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.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
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.\"
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.TH PATOOL "1" "February 2010" "patool"
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.SH NAME
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patool - portable command line archive file manager
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBpatool\fP (\fBextract\fP|\fBlist\fP|\fBtest\fP) [\fI\-\-verbose\fP] <\fIarchive-file\fP>...
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\fBpatool\fP \fBcreate\fP [\fI\-\-verbose\fP] <\fIarchive-file\fP> [\fIfiles\fP...]
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\fBpatool\fP \fBdiff\fP <\fIarchive1\fP> <\fIarchive2\fP>
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\fBpatool\fP \fBrepack\fP <\fIarchive1\fP> <\fIarchive2\fP>
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\fBpatool\fP \fBformats\fP
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Various archive types can be created, extracted, tested and listed by
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\fBpatool\fP. The advantage of patool is its simplicity in handling archive
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files without having to remember a myriad of programs and options.
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.PP
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The archive format is determined by the file(1) program and as a fallback
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by the archive file extension.
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.PP
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\fBpatool\fP supports 7z (.7z), ACE (.ace), ALZIP (.alz), AR (.a),
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ARC (.arc), ARJ (.arj),
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BZIP2 (.bz2), CAB (.cab), compress (.Z), CPIO (.cpio), DEB (.deb), GZIP (.gz),
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LRZIP (.lrz), LZH (.lha, .lzh), LZIP (.lz), LZMA (.lzma), LZOP (.lzo),
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RPM (.rpm), RAR (.rar), RZIP (.rz), TAR (.tar), XZ (.xz), ZIP (.zip, .jar) and
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ZOO (.zoo) formats.
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It relies on helper applications to handle those archive formats
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(for example bzip2 for BZIP2 archives).
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.SH EXAMPLES
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\fBpatool extract archive.zip otherarchive.rar\fP
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\fBpatool test --verbose dist.tar.gz\fP
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\fBpatool list package.deb\fP
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\fPpatool create --verbose myfiles.zip file1.txt dir/\fP
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\fBpatool diff release1.0.tar.gz release2.0.zip\fP
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\fBpatool repack linux-2.6.33.tar.gz linux-2.6.33.tar.bz2\fP
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.SH COMMANDS
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Several commands and options are available.
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.SS \fBextract\fP
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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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.br
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This is the default command if no command was given.
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.PP
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Files are always extracted to a unique temporary directory in the
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current working directory. If the archive contains exactly one
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file or directory, the archive contents are moved to the current
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working directory and the temporary directory will be removed.
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.br
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This prevents cluttering the current working directory with a lot
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of files from the extracted archive.
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.PP
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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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.TP
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\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
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Be verbose when extracting (if the helper application supports it).
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.SS \fBlist\fP
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List files in an archive.
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.TP
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\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
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Verbose archive listing (if the helper application supports it).
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.SS \fBcreate\fP
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Create an archive from given files. At least on of the given files to add
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to the archive has to exist (non-existing files are ignored).
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The format of the archive to create is determined by the archive file
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extension.
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.TP
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\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
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Verbose operation (if the helper application supports it).
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.SS \fBtest\fP
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Test files in an archive. If the helper application does not support
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testing, the archive contents are listed instead.
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.TP
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\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
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Verbose archive testing (if the helper application supports it).
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.SS \fBdiff\fP
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Show differences between two archives with the \fBdiff(1)\fP utility.
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The diff options used are \fB\-urN\fP.
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.SS \fBrepack\fP
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Repackage archive to a different format. The target archive format is
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determined by the file extension.
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.SS \fBformats\fP
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Show all supported archive formats (ie. which helper applications
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are available).
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.SH HELP OPTION
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Specifying the help option displays help for patool itself, or a
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command.
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.br
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For example:
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\fBpatool \-\-help\fP - display help for patool
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\fBpatool extract \-\-help\fP - display help for the extract command
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.SH AUTHOR
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Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@users.sourceforge.net>
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright \(co 2010 Bastian Kleineidam
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