extractor - simple program that will help You with unpacking many type

sirmacik · 2009-03-07 10:46:22

DESCRIPTION:
extractor is a simple program written in Python that will help You with unpacking many types of archives

HOMEPAGE:
http://sirmacik.lin4all.org/pmwiki.php/ … /Extractor

DEPENDENCES:
Mainly it depends on Python and tar (I'm sure that You have these programs in Your system).
To extract other types of archives You have to install:
*.tar.bz2/*.bz2/*.tbz2 => bzip2
*.tar.gz/*.gz/*.tgz => gzip
*.zip/*.ZIP => unzip<http://www.info-zip.org/>
*.rar/*.RAR => unrar
*.Z => zlib
*.tar.lzma/*.lzma => lzma
*.tar.7z/*.7z => p7zip
All of them are totally optional.

INSTALLATION:
You have to download (here You'll find the newest version) extractor.py file and put it into Your PATH as 'extractor' with execute rights.
Example installation looks like that:

install -Dm 755 extractor.py /usr/bin/extractor

You have to execute command from root account (with su or sudo).
//EDIT: You could also install it from AUR

USING:
Simply, You have to run extractor with a name of Your archive as an argument.
Example:

extractor archive.tar.gz

Little FAQ
1) Why it could be useful for me?
- Hmm. I don't like the situations, when I have many types of archives on my hard drive and I have to remember a command to extract every of them. Maybe You don't like that situations too.
2) Why it's written in python, not bash?
- Simply, I don't like bash. It was (but it still is also a kind of terning of programming in python.
3) Why this program is using X function, not Y?
- Also simply. Because in the moment when I was writing extractor I haven't know about Y function or I was thought (and maybe I'm still thinking in that way) that this function will be better. I had started learning python (and programming) not very long time ago. So all suggestions are welcome.

Last edited by sirmacik (2009-03-14 21:59:25)

Procyon · 2009-03-07 13:10:06

There are some features in atool in community that you should think about implementing:
- saving from tarbomb: atool temporarily extracts to Unpack-[pid], if there is only 1 entry in it then it is moved to the base dir, else everything is moved to a directory named after archive's filename
- option to list what is in the archive
- option to work on multiple archives at once
- force extracting to a directory named after the archive's filename(s)
- verbosity control (only saying whether it was successful, and password checks)

Well those are what I think are important.

Last edited by Procyon (2009-03-07 13:11:01)

sirmacik · 2009-03-07 13:32:24

Thanks for Your suggestions. I'll think about that.

Daenyth · 2009-03-08 02:30:19

Implemented in bash here

bluewind · 2009-03-08 08:55:05

Similar to Daenyth's script http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21139

sirmacik · 2009-03-08 14:32:13

I know that my script/program is similar to many scripts in many languages. As I said in Little FAQ, this script was written for training. But I'm going to still develop extractor and extend it with new features.

Last edited by sirmacik (2009-03-14 22:01:14)

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extractor - simple program that will help You with unpacking many type

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