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ark(1)


NAME

   ark - KDE archiving tool

SYNOPSIS

   ark [-b] [-a] [-e] [-O] [-c] [-f suffix] [-p] [-t file] [-d] [-o
       directory] [KDE Generic Options] [Qt(TM) Generic Options]

DESCRIPTION

   Ark is a program for managing various compressed file formats within
   KDE. Archives can be viewed, extracted, created and modified with Ark.
   The program can handle various formats such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip,
   rar (when the appropriate libraries or command-line programs are
   installed).

OPERATION MODES

   Ark can be used either as a stand-alone GUI program as well as a
   command-line program in order to perform some specific tasks.

   If invoked without the -b (--batch) or -c (--add) options, Ark is
   started as a normal GUI program.

   When the -b (--batch) option is used, Ark can be used to extract the
   contents of one or more files directly from the command-line, without
   launching its GUI.

   When the -c (--add) option is used, Ark prompts for files that should
   be added to a new archive or to an existing archive.

OPTIONS

   -d, --dialog
       Show a dialog for specifying the options for a batch or add
       operation.

   -o, --destination directory
       Default the extraction directory to directory. If not passed, the
       current path is used.

   Options for adding files
   -c, --add
       Query the user for an archive filename and add specified files to
       it. Quit when finished.

   -t, --add-to filename
       Add the specified files to filename. Create archive if it does not
       exist. Quit when finished.

   -p, --changetofirstpath
       Change the current directory to the first entry and add all other
       entries relative to this one.

   -f, --autofilename suffix
       Automatically choose a filename, with the selected suffix (for
       example rar, tar.gz, zip or any other supported types).

   Options for batch extraction
   -b, --batch
       Use the batch interface instead of the usual dialog. This option is
       implied if more than one url is specified.

   -e, --autodestination
       The destination argument will be set to the path of the first file
       supplied.

   -a, --autosubfolder
       Archive contents will be read, and if detected to not be a single
       folder archive, a subfolder by the name of the archive will be
       created.

   -O, --opendestination
       Open the destination folder when the extraction is complete.

EXAMPLES

   ark --batch archive.tar.bz2
       Will extract archive.tar.bz2 into the current directory without
       showing any GUI.

   ark -b -d archive.tar.bz2 archive2.zip
       Will first show an extraction options dialog and then extract both
       archive.tar.bz2 and archive2.zip into the directory chosen in the
       dialog.

   ark --add-to my-archive.zip photo1.jpg text.txt
       Will create my-archive.zip if does not exist and then add
       photo1.jpg and text.txt to it.

MAINTAINERSHIP

   Ark is currently maintained by Elvis Angelaccio and Ragnar Thomsen.

AUTHORS

   Lauri Watts <lauri@kde.org>
       Initial version of Ark man page in 2005.

   Raphael Kubo da Costa <rakuco@FreeBSD.org>
       Update of Ark man page in 2009.

   Ragnar Thomsen <rthomsen6@gmail.com>
       Update of Ark man page in 2015 and 2016.



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