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