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amar
Asked: 2024-03-31 01:49:41 +0800 CST

How do I use nemo's file extract actions to extract to a specific folder?

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I have Ubuntu 22.04 and installed nemo as file manager and also nemo-fileroller 5.2.0-2. In /usr/share/nemo/actions you can define extra actions. I have found two different actions for "extract to", and both seem to be working, but I want to set the "extract to" to a special folder /media/hd1/extracted. I tried adding the path but it is not working, appreciate any help.

[Nemo Action]
Active=true
Name=Extract here NoSub
Comment=Extract here without creating a subfolder
Exec=bash -c 'file-roller --extract-to="$(dirname %F)" %F'
Icon-Name=gnome-mime-application-x-compress
Selection=s
Extensions=zip;7z;ar;cbz;cpio;exe;iso;jar;tar;tar;7z;tar.Z;tar.bz2;tar.gz;tar.lz;tar.lzma;tar.xz;

and

[Nemo Action]
Active=true
Name=Extract to...
Comment=Extract to...
Exec=file-roller -f %F
Icon-Name=gnome-mime-application-x-compress
#Stock-Id=gtk-cdrom
Selection=any
Extensions=zip;7z;ar;cbz;cpio;exe;iso;jar;tar;tar;7z;tar.Z;tar.bz2;tar.gz;tar.lz;tar.lzma;tar.xz;apk;
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22.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    This is solved by the info in this site: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E88353_01/html/E37839/file-roller-1.html My code is this (i do not know why %F has to be there, but without it the action does not work),

    [Nemo Action]
Active=true
Name=Extract to extracted
Comment=Extract to extracted
Exec=file-roller --extract-to=/media/hd1/extracted -f %F
Icon-Name=gnome-mime-application-x-compress
#Stock-Id=gtk-cdrom
Selection=s
Extensions=zip;7z;ar;cbz;cpio;exe;iso;jar;tar;tar;7z;tar.Z;tar.bz2;tar.gz;tar.lz;tar.lzma;tar.xz;apk;rar;r00;r01;
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