Archive
A simple archiver
by Thomas Leonard
Brief
You can use this program to compress a directory or file into a single, smaller file (which can be stored, emailed, etc).
You can also use it to extract a compressed archive back into a file or directory structure.
It's written in python, so you don't need to compile it, but you do
need ROX-Lib2 and the pygtk2 package
(http://rox.sourceforge.net/rox_lib.php3).
ROX-Filer will come in handy, too.
To compress:
- Drag the file or directory onto the Archive icon in a ROX-Filer window.
- Type in a name for the archive.
- Drag the icon back into a filer window to create the archive.
To extract an archive:
- Drag the compressed file to Archive.
- Enter a name for the file or directory to create.
- Drag the directory icon into a filer window to extract.
You can use ROX-Filer's `Set Run Action...' menu entry to make clicking on a compressed file automatically run Archive on it.
The latest version of Archive (and ROX-Filer) is at:
The savebox contains a menu of possible actions on the file. Normally, the default is what you want. When extracting from a file, you have the option to delete the source file afterwards.
Conditions
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Please report any bugs to the mailing list:
http://rox.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/MailingLists