<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="guide"
      id="archive-extract">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#managing-archives"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="archive-open"/>
<!--    <link type="seealso" xref="password-protection"/>-->
    <link type="seealso" xref="archive-extract-advanced-options"/>
    <desc>Extract files or folders from your archive</desc>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
      <email>majus85@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>
  </info>

  <title>Extract an archive</title>

  <p>Extract files from archive using <app>File Roller</app> by following these
  steps:</p>

    <steps>
      <item><p><link xref="archive-open">Open</link> an archive.</p></item>
      <item><p>Click <guiseq><gui style="menu">Archive</gui>
      <gui style="menuitem">Extract…</gui></guiseq> or click the <gui>Extract</gui>
      toolbar button.</p></item>
      <item><p>Choose the location in the file chooser, into which the files
      should be extracted. This will be the destination folder.</p>
      <note style="tip">
        <p>There are additional options in this dialog. See
        <link xref="archive-extract-advanced-options">advanced options for
        extracting archives</link>.</p>
      </note>
      </item>
      <item><p>Click <gui>Extract</gui>.</p></item>
      <item><p>If an archive is protected by a
      <!--<link xref="password-protection">-->password<!--</link>-->, <app>File
      Roller</app> will request it. Type the password and click
      <gui>OK</gui>.</p></item>
      <item><p>The application will show you the progress bar in a new dialog.
      If the extraction completes successfully, you will be asked whether you
      want to:</p>
        <list>
          <item><p><gui>Quit</gui> - this option closes <app>File Roller</app></p></item>
          <item><p><gui>Show the files</gui> - after clicking this the
          destination folder will be open in <app>Nautilus</app></p></item>
          <item><p><gui>Close</gui> - the dialog will be closed and you will see
          your archive again</p></item>
        </list>
      </item>
    </steps>

</page>
