Handling File Compression
- With Probe it is easy to compress files and folders for backup or
distribution. Compressed archives of the following types are simple to create using Probe:
- Zip
- Cab
- Arj
- Rar
- Tar
- Z,Gz
- Jar
- To compress a certain selection of files, one either uses the Compress
popup menu item for the files, or the keyboard accelerator Alt-F7.
Figure 1 : Popup menu item Compress.

- The Compression Dialog allows for
- Selecting which type of archive to create,
- Specifying archive name, and the target directory,
- Inspecting Selected files,
- Setting archive type specific options,
- ...and more.
- When pressing OK, the compression process is launched in an
independent thread of execution, maintaing Probe in a responsive state.
Figure 2 : The Compression Dialog.
