File Roller

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File Roller
Image:File-roller.svg
Developed by GNOME Developers
Latest release 2.20.0 / 17 September 2007
Preview release 2.20.0 / 17 September 2007
OS Linux, Solaris, BSD, other Unix-like
Genre File archiver
License GPL
Website fileroller.sf.net

File Roller is an archive manager for the GNOME desktop environment.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Limitations

  • File Roller doesn't provide an interface for advanced configurations such as setting the compression level of a format type.
  • File Roller doesn't support multi-volume archives for the 7z format (the ability to view or create archives divided into multiple files). [1]