Index of /software/archery

Index of /software/archery

 Name                             Last modified       Size  Description

 Parent Directory                 09-Oct-2007 15:19      -  
 Changelog                        21-Jul-2007 17:51     1k  
 LATEST-IS-0.2.1                  15-Jul-2007 22:30     0k  
 archery.pl-0.1.txt               11-Jul-2007 08:56     2k  
 archery.pl-0.2.1.txt             21-Jul-2007 17:50     7k  
 archery.pl-0.2.txt               15-Jul-2007 23:01     4k  
 recommended_support_programs.txt 15-Jul-2007 22:59     1k

Have you ever extracted an archive only to discover that it has spewed files all over your current directory like so much bukkake?
Do you try to work around this by listing the files first, or making temporary directories into which to extract the files?
Do you then have to deal with the useless 'extract', 'CRAP', 'foo', 'fnord', or 'New Folder' directories sitting around?
Are you annoyed that getting the occassional file from a teamkilling computard who doesn't know how to pack an archive means you have to use protection every time?
If so (and you run Linux or similar) maybe archery is for you.

Archery goes through the whole process of extraction for you. It will:

Determine the program needed to extract the archive
Create a temporary directory
Extract the archive there
Rename the temporary directory to the base name of the archive if it was packed by a moron
Move the single file or directory out of the temporary space if it wasn't
Clean up after itself, so you don't have to move or delete useless directories
Immanentize the Eschaton
Inform you of the name of the single resulting file or directory, and its type

Related programs: see http://hartlich.com/deco/similar/