Archives and disc images
Press Enter on a recognized archive or disc image to open it as a read-only filesystem. Browse it like a directory, use F3 to view files, or copy entries to a writable location in the other pane.
At the root, open .. or press Backspace to return to the directory containing the archive or image. Newt keeps the mount alive while it remains reachable through pane history.
Archives
Section titled “Archives”Supported archive families include:
| Family | Formats |
|---|---|
| TAR | .tar, gzip, bzip2, xz, and zstd-compressed TAR files |
| CPIO | .cpio and gzip, bzip2, xz, and zstd-compressed CPIO files |
| ZIP | .zip, .jar, .war, .ear, .apk, and .ipa |
Archives can be nested: opening an archive inside another archive creates another temporary filesystem. They can also be opened from other backends, including S3 and SFTP.
TAR and CPIO listings appear progressively while Newt indexes the stream. ZIP files are indexed before their contents are shown and then read by range, so opening a ZIP from S3 or another remote filesystem does not require downloading the complete archive. ZIP64 files, self-extracting archives, legacy CP437 names, Unix symlinks, permissions, ownership, and timestamps are recognized. ZIP symlinks are resolved inside the archive while browsing, viewing, or copying their targets.
ZIP entries using store, deflate, deflate64, bzip2, LZMA, zstd, or xz compression can be read. Entries using PPMd and older shrink, implode, or reduce methods remain visible but report an unsupported-method error when opened. Split or multi-disk ZIP archives are not supported.
For encrypted ZIP files, the directory remains browsable and Newt asks for the password when you first read an encrypted entry. ZipCrypto and WinZip AES AE-1/AE-2 at 128, 192, or 256 bits are supported. A wrong password prompts again; cancelling only cancels that read. PKWARE strong encryption is not supported.
Archive contents are read-only. To create an archive, select files and press Alt + F5. Newt can create ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.XZ, and TAR.ZST archives.
Disc images
Section titled “Disc images”Newt opens .iso and .udf images containing:
- ISO 9660, including Joliet and Rock Ridge extensions;
- UDF versions 1.02 through 2.60, including metadata partitions.
Disc images are read by range rather than downloaded or indexed in full. This also applies when the image is stored in S3, so you can browse a large remote image and copy or view an individual file without first fetching the entire image.
Disc-image contents are read-only. Raw-sector formats such as BIN/CUE and NRG are not supported.