File Roller

Infobox Software



caption =
latest_release_version = 2.22.3
latest_release_date = May 27 2008
latest_preview_version = 2.23.3
latest_preview_date = June 16 2008
developer = Paolo Bacchilega
operating_system = Linux, Solaris, BSD, other Unix-like
genre = File archiver
license = GPL
website = [http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/ fileroller.sf.net]

File Roller is the archive manager of the GNOME desktop environment.

Features

File Roller Archive Manager can:
* Create and modify archives.
* View the content of an archive.
* View a file contained in the archive.
* Extract files from the archive.

File Formats

File Roller supports the following file formats:(Note: Backend programs are needed. File Roller is only a frontend)
* 7z (.7z)
* gzip (.tar.gz , .tgz)
* bzip (.tar.bz , .tbz)
* bzip2 (.tar.bz2 , .tbz2)
* compress (.tar.Z , .taz)
* LZO (.tar.lzo , .tzo)
* ZIP archives (.zip)
* JAR archives (.jar , .ear , .war)
* LHA archives (.lzh)
* RAR archives (.rar)
* Single files compressed with gzip, bzip, bzip2, compress, LZO
* ISO images (.iso) (read-only)

Limitations

* File Roller doesn't support multi-volume archives for the 7z format (the ability to view or create archives divided into multiple files). [ [http://www.howtoadvice.com/7zipHelper/ How to Use 7zip in Ubuntu Linux Without Knowing Commands ] ]

External links

* [http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/ official website]
* [http://library.gnome.org/users/file-roller/ manuals]
* [http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/file-roller/ source code]

References