A File Compression and Archiving Application This application is very similar to the Windows Explorer application you find in Microsoft’s Windows operating systems. It allows you to move up and down directory trees by double-clicking the icons. It also allows you to create new folders, move files, and cut and paste directories and files. A File Compression and Archiving Application While Nautilus allows you to manage your files, you’ll also find times when you need to archive files into a single compressed file in the style of PkZip. The File Roller application provides a graphical user interface to compressed files, allowing you to archive files and extract items from existing archives. It’s very similar to the WinZip utility for Microsoft Windows, which also provides a graphical interface to the PkZip utility. To start the File Roller application, select Main Menu | Accessories | File Roller or type file-roller at the command line: File Roller supports a number of compressed file formats including .zip, .lzh, and so on. It can be used to create new archives using the Archive | New menu option, to open existing archives, and to extract files from these archives. For example, to create a new .zip archive, select the Archive | New menu option and enter a filename in the field provided (here, I’m creating a new file called /home/markm/screenshots.zip): Then you can add files using the Add shortcut icon or the Edit | Add Files menu item. This will prompt you to select the files you wish to add. The screenshot below shows the window after adding all the files from the /root/anaconda-screenshots directory, that we took while writing Chapter 1: 158

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