Provided by: ecere-dev_0.44.15-1_amd64 
NAME
ear - Ecere Archiver
SYNOPSIS
ear command[command-options] archive required-parameters
Extraction Commands:
v (View) archive [archive-paths...]
x (Extract All) archive [output-directory]
e (Extract) archive archive-paths...
ew(Extract Where)archive archive-paths... output-directory
Archiving/Cleanup Commands:
a (Add) archive input-paths...
r (Refresh) archive input-paths...
u (Update) archive input-paths...
Add w (e.g. aw) for specifying an archive-dest-path at the end
Add f (e.g. af) for packing the contents of folders input-paths at the root of the archive
m (Move) archive archive-src-paths... archive-dest-path
n (Rename) archive archive-path new-name
d (Delete) archive archive-paths...
c (Clear) archive
s (Self Extract) archive self-extractable
Create a self-extractable archive out of an existing archive
sa(Self-Ext/Add) archive input-paths...
Create a new self-extractable archive and add files
DESCRIPTION
ear is an archiving tool for manipulating Ecere Archives.
Compression is currently provided by ZLib. We hope to add support for other compression algorithms and
archive formats (e.g. .zip, .7z, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2) in the future to both the Ecere runtime library and
ear.
ear can pack files at the end of existing files (e.g. binaries), which is the basis for the Ecere
resources functionality. The Ecere runtime library supports accessing such resources from the executable
as well as imported modules (shared libraries).
The Ecere File manipulation API (which is used by all APIs taking in a file path) understands resources
paths with the general format: "<archive>path/to/file".
Resources from imported modules can be accessed as: "<:module-name>path/to/file".
Resources embedded within the application itself can be accessed as: "<:>path/to/file" or simply
":path/to/file"
Resources can be emdedded inside applications and modules from the Project View's Resources node in the
Ecere IDE.
OPTIONS
Compression Options (Add, Refresh and Update)
0 No Compression
1 ... 9 Fastest Compression ... Best Compression (default = 9)
Miscellaneous Options
q Quiet mode (Add, Refresh, Update, Extract and Extract All)