Extract Options

Archive Manager Manual

The Extract dialog provides the following options, which are saved when you quit Archive Manager:

Extract

Select the files to be extracted:

All files: Extract all files from the archive.
Selected files: Extract the selected files from the archive.
Files: Extract from the archive all files that match the specified pattern. See Section 3.1 ― Filename Patterns for more information about filename patterns.

Actions

Select the following extract options:

Re-create folders

Select this option to reconstruct the folder structure when extracting the specified files.

For example, you specify /tmp in the Filename text box and choose to extract all files. The archive contains a subfolder called doc.

If you select the Re-create folders option, Archive Manager extracts the contents of the subfolder to /tmp/doc.
If you do not select the Re-create folders option, Archive Manager does not create any subfolders. Instead, Archive Manager extracts all files from the archive, including files from subfolders, to /tmp.

Overwrite existing files

Select this option to overwrite any files in the destination folder that have the same name as the specified files.

If you do not select this option, Archive Manager does not extract the specified file if an existing file with the same name already exists in the destination folder.

Do not extract older files

This option is only effective while the Overwrite existing files option is selected.

Select the Do not extract older files option to extract the specified file only if the destination folder does not contain the specified file, or if the destination folder contains an older version of the specified file. Archive Manager uses the modification date to determine which file is the most recent. If the version of the file in the archive is older, Archive Manager does not extract the specified file to the destination folder.

If you do not select the Do not extract older files option while the Overwrite existing files option is selected, Archive Manager extracts the specified file from the archive and overwrites the previous contents of the destination folder.