Archive::Extract A generic archive extracting mechanism
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Perl module extraction archive archive extraction mechanism

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A generic archive extracting mechanism Archive::Extract is a generic archive extraction mechanism module in Perl.It allows you to extract any archive file of the type .tar, .tar.gz, .gz, .Z, tar.bz2, .tbz, .bz2, .zip or .lzma without having to worry how it does so, or use different interfaces for each type by using either perl modules, or commandline tools on your system.SYNOPSIS use Archive::Extract; ### build an Archive::Extract object ### my $ae = Archive::Extract->new( archive => 'foo.tgz' ); ### extract to cwd() ### my $ok = $ae->extract; ### extract to /tmp ### my $ok = $ae->extract( to => '/tmp' ); ### what if something went wrong? my $ok = $ae->extract or die $ae->error; ### files from the archive ### my $files = $ae->files; ### dir that was extracted to ### my $outdir = $ae->extract_path; ### quick check methods ### $ae->is_tar # is it a .tar file? $ae->is_tgz # is it a .tar.gz or .tgz file? $ae->is_gz; # is it a .gz file? $ae->is_zip; # is it a .zip file? $ae->is_bz2; # is it a .bz2 file? $ae->is_tbz; # is it a .tar.bz2 or .tbz file? $ae->is_lzma; # is it a .lzma file? ### absolute path to the archive you provided ### $ae->archive; ### commandline tools, if found ### $ae->bin_tar # path to /bin/tar, if found $ae->bin_gzip # path to /bin/gzip, if found $ae->bin_unzip # path to /bin/unzip, if found $ae->bin_bunzip2 # path to /bin/bunzip2 if found $ae->bin_unlzma # path to /bin/unlzma if found Requirements: · Perl

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