---
name: "ofarc"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ofarc"
version: "1.3-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ofarc"
---

# ofarc(1)

list, extract, create and append to archives

## NAME

ofarc - list, extract, create and append to archives

## SYNOPSIS

**ofarc** \[**options**\] *archive* \[*file1* *file2* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**ofarc** is a program to list, extract, create and append to archives.

## OPTIONS

- **-a**, **--append**

  Append to archive.

- **--archive-comment=*comment***

  Archive comment to use when creating or appending.

- **-c**, **--create**

  Create archive.

- **-C** ***directory***, **--directory=*directory***

  Extract into the specified directory.

- **-E** ***encoding***, **--encoding=*encoding***

  The encoding used by the archive (only tar, lha and zoo files).

- **-f**, **--force**

  Force / overwrite files.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show the help.

- **--iri**

  Use an IRI to access the archive.

- **-l**, **--list**

  List all files in the archive.

- **-n**, **--no-clobber**

  Never overwrite files.

- **-p**, **--print**

  Print one or more files from the archive.

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Quiet mode (no outputu, except errors).

- **-t** ***type***, **--type=*type***

  Archive type (gz, lha, tar, tgz, zip, zoo).

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Verbose output for file list.

- **-x**, **--extract**

  Extract files.

## EXAMPLES

Extract all files in an archive:

	ofarc -x archive.tar.gz

Create a new archive with the directory **foo** and all its files:

	ofarc -c foo.zip foo

List all files in an archive without downloading it:

	ofarc --iri -l https://example.com/archive.lha

Print file **README** in **archive.tar.gz**:

	ofarc -p archive.tar.gz README