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diff --git a/system/atool/README b/system/atool/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..183ea20ea1 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/atool/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +atool is a script for managing file archives of various types +(tar, tar+gzip, zip, etcetera). + +The main command is aunpack which extracts files from an archive. +Did you ever extract files from an archive, not checking whether the +files were located in a subdirectory or in the top directory of the +archive, resulting in files scattered all over the place? aunpack +overcomes this problem by first extracting to a new directory. If +there was only a single file in the archive, that file is moved to +the original directory. aunpack also prevents local files from being +overwritten by mistake. + +The other commands provided are apack (to create archives), als (to +list files in archives), and acat (to extract files to standard out). +As atool invokes external programs to handle the archives, not all +commands may be supported for a certain type of archives. + +atool identifies archives by their file extension. Sometimes this is +not possible - for instance rar archives usually have varying numeric +file extensions. In those cases when atool can't identify the format, +file is used instead. (atool can be configured not to use file.) |