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<title type="sort" its:translate="no">1</title>
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<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>Introduction to the GNOME <app>File Roller</app>.</desc>
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<title>Introduction</title>
<p><app>File Roller</app> is an application for managing archive files,
for example, <file>.zip</file> or <file>.tar</file> files; it is designed to
be easy to use. <app>File Roller</app> provides all the tools that are
necessary for creating, modifying and extracting archives.</p>
<note style="advanced">
<p>An archive consists of one or more files and folders, along with
metadata. It may be encrypted in part or as a whole. Archive files are
useful for storing data and transferring it between computers as they allow
you to collect multiple files into one.</p>
</note>
<p>With <app>File Roller</app> you can:</p>
<list>
<item><p>create a new archive</p></item>
<item><p>view the content of an existing archive</p></item>
<item><p>view a file contained in an archive</p></item>
<item><p>modify existing archives</p></item>
<item><p>extract files from an archive</p></item>
</list>
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