Tim again. You're correct. If you're concerned about what it will do when you uncompress it, I'd make a subdirectory, move the .7z file in there, and decompress it there. If for some reason there are other files in it, they won't litter your current directory. That would be the value of listing the archive contents first, to see if there's one file or multiple files contained in the archive, or if the file(s) reside within a subdirectory in the archive, so unpacking them will keep them contained rather than littering your current working directory. If it puts them in a subdirectory, fine; if it doesn't, creating one before unpacking the archive can prevent it from overwriting things of import. You can then always use regular commands like "mv" (or "move" in DOS) to move the files back up one level if you need. -tim On 2023-11-01 13:31, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi there, > Given the file is of wordperfect from a reliable source, I feel confident > it is fine, having no desire to list the files in the program. > so, I can run > 7z t c:\corel\corelw62.7z > > and test the archive integrity, > then 7z x c:\corel\corelw62.7z > to extract the file into the corel directory? > thanks much! > > > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2023, Tim Chase wrote: > > >Tim here. The command-line iterface should speak pretty well. You > >can use the "t" command to "test" the archive's integrity > > > > $ 7z t my_archive.7z > > > >or the "l" command to list the files in the archive before extracting > >them: > > > > $ 7z l my_archive.7z > > > >Once you know the contents are what you expect, you can use the "x" > >command you showed to extract the files: > > > > $ 7z x my_archive.7z > > > >The output is a bit verbose with some copyright info, archive > >self-integrity testing, and some stats about the archive. But all > >the output should be pretty speakable. > > > >-tim > > > > > >On 2023-11-01 12:12, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >>Hi All, > >>imagine some here use 7zip to extract files in Linux. > >>I have an archive of a program that I want to extract, keeping all of the > >>sub directories in tact. > >>The file was compressed with 7zip, that I have not used before. > >>My google suggests something like > >> 7z x file.7z > >>will do the trick, but wanted to ask as I am unsure how well the program > >>will speak. > >>ideas? > >>Thanks, > >>Karen > >> > >> > > > >-- > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx" group. > >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx.