Getting Started

Quick Start

Warning

This is an old obsolete version of arcK. These pages and manual have been kept for reference and legacy support. If you are looking for the latest version, click here.

Run

Download and install first, click here

To start the wizard type:

arck

You will be prompted to choose operating mode, which are as follows:

1. Create a new archive from a directory or file
2. Verify an existing archive (point to .m file)
3. Restore an archive
4. About this app
5. Exit

Either use the wizard (called by arck), or via single command as below.

If you get a missing package error, or you do not see the whizard, click here for detailed installation page.

Create first archive

Wizard

Simply follow the on-screen prompts:

1. Run the app and select option 1.
2. Provide a source directory or file
3. Provide destination directory (leave blank to use the working directory)
4. Give the archive a name.

Command line

Create

To create an archive, simply run:

arck -s /path/to/source/ -d /output/dir/ -n archive_name

Verify

And to verify an archive, point to the metadata file, ending with the m extension.

arck -v /path/to/meta.m

Restore

And to restore (extract) the archive:

arck -x /output/dir/archive_name.m -d /path/to/destination

More

Full usage, click here