# ark > KDE's archiving tool. > More information: . - Extract a specific archive into the current directory: `ark {{[-b|--batch]}} {{path/to/archive}}` - Extract an archive into a specific directory: `ark {{[-b|--batch]}} {{[-o|--destination]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/archive}}` - Create an archive if it does not exist and add specific files to it: `ark {{[-t|--add-to]}} {{path/to/archive}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`