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unshield - extract CAB files from an InstallShield installer archive

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NAME

unshield − extract CAB files from an InstallShield installer archive

SYNOPSIS

unshield [−c COMPONENT] [−d DIRECTORY] [−D LEVEL] [−g GROUP] [−h] [−i VERSION] [−e ENCODING] [−j] [−L] [−O] [−r] [−R] [−V] c|g|l|t|x CABFILE [FILENAME...]

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

−i VERSION

Force InstallShield version number (don’t autodetect)
Use this option if you have a very old archive (generated with InstallShield <= 4) and / or the automatic detection fails

−e ENCODING

Convert filename character encoding to local codepage from ENCODING (implicitly sets -R)

−j

Junk paths (do not make directories)

−L

Make file and directory names lowercase

−O

Use old compression

−r

Save raw data (do not decompress)

−R

Don’t do any conversion to file and directory names when extracting

−V, −−version

Print version information

Commands:

c

List components

g

List file groups

l

List files

t

Test files

x

Extract files

Other:

CABFILE

The file to list or extract contents of

FILENAME

Optionally specify names of specific files to extract (wildcards are supported)

AUTHOR

This manual page was adapted by Mark Ellis <[email protected]>, from the skeleton generated by help2man


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