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unshield: extract CAB files from an InstallShield installer archive

NAME

unshield - extract CAB files from an InstallShield installer archive

SYNOPSIS

unshield [-c COMPONENT] [-d DIRECTORY] [-D LEVEL] [-g GROUP] [-h] [-j] [-L] [-n] [-o] [-O] [-r] [-v] [-V] c|g|l|t|x CABFILE

DESCRIPTION

Unshield extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers, used to install software on Microsoft Windows based machines.

OPTIONS

-c COMPONENT

Only list/extract this component

-d DIRECTORY

Extract files to DIRECTORY

-D LEVEL

Set debug log level 0 - No logging (default) 1 - Errors only 2 - Errors and warnings 3 - Errors, warnings and debug messages

-g GROUP

Only list/extract this file group

-h

Show help message

-j

Junk paths (do not make directories)

-L

Make file and directory names lowercase

-n

Never overwrite files

-o

Always overwrite files

-O

Use old compression

-r

Save raw data (do not decompress)

-v

Be verbose

-V

Print version information

Commands:

c

List components

g

List file groups

l

List files

t

Test files

x

Extract files

Other:

CABFILE

The InstallShield installer file to act upon

AUTHOR

This manual page was adapted by Mark Ellis <mark [at] mpellis.org.uk>, from the skeleton generated by help2man