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What command is run when I select "Extract Archive Here..." in Kubuntu?

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When I right click an archive in Kubuntu 13.10 and select the extract option, not much happens. The taskbar launcher twirls around for a few seconds but nothing actually extracts. I suspect something is blowing up but there's no terminal output to try and work out what's going on.

I'd like to run the command that KDE is running manually so I can see what's wrong, and hopefully fix it. But where are the right-click options stored? Where can I find the command that KDE's trying to run?

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answered 2 Years ago rillrage · Accepted Answer

Service Menus

The 'Extract Archive Here' is a KDE Service Menu /1/

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The system KDE service menu desktop files are at : /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/

The ark_servicemenu.desktop /2/ has the 'Extract Archive Here' option. It is executing command:

ark --batch --autodestination %F

The %F /3/ is:

A list of files. Use for apps that can open several local files at
once. Each file is passed as a separate argument to the executable
program.

More of the Ark options can be get from with man:

man ark



ARK(1)                                            KDE User's Manual                                            ARK(1)



NAME

       ark - KDE archiving tool



SYNOPSIS

       ark [-b] [-a] [-e] [-c] [-f suffix] [-p] [-t file] [-d] [-o directory] [KDE Generic Options]

           [Qt(TM) Generic Options]



DESCRIPTION

       Ark is a program for managing various compressed file formats within KDE. Archives can be viewed, extracted,

       created and modified with Ark. The program can handle various formats such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar (when

       the appropriate libraries or command-line programs are installed).



OPERATION MODES

       Ark can be used either as a stand-alone GUI program as well as a command-line program in order to perform some

       specific tasks.



       If invoked without the -b (--batch) or -c (--add) options, Ark is started as a normal GUI program.



       When the -b (--batch) option is used, Ark can be used to extract the contents of one or more files directly

       from the command-line, without launching its GUI.



       When the -c (--add) option is used, Ark prompts for files that should be added to a new archive or to an

       existing archive.



OPTIONS

...

   Options for batch extraction

       -b, --batch

           Use the batch interface instead of the usual dialog. This option is implied if more than one url is

           specified.



       -e, --autodestination

           The destination argument will be set to the path of the first file supplied.

Links

http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Creating_Konqueror_Service_Menus

http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/

http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.html