Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - GNOME 17-03-2009, Manual

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Description Shortcut
Opens the parent folder and closes the current
folder. Shift + Alt + ↑
Closes all parent folders. Shift + Ctrl + W
Toggles the location bar view from the button
view to the text-based view.
Ctrl
+
L
Opens your home directory. Alt
+
Home
For more information, click Help > Contents in the File Manager.
2.2.2 Archiving Folders
If you have files you would like to archive, you can compress the files into tape archive
format (TAR).
1 In the Nautilus view pane, right-click the folder you want to archive, then click
Create Archive.
2 Accept the default archive filename or provide a new one.
3
Select a file extension from the drop-down list (use
tar.gz
for the most common
archive form or
.zip
to ensure compatibility with Windows).
4
Specify a location for the archive file, then click Create.
To extract an archived file, right-click the file, then select Extract Here.
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