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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]
