unshield − extract CAB files from an InstallShield installer archive
unshield [−c COMPONENT] [−d DIRECTORY] [−D LEVEL] [−g GROUP] [−h] [−i VERSION] [−j] [−L] [−n] [−o] [−O] [−r] [−v] [−V] c|g|l|t|x CABFILE
Unshield extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers, used to install software on Microsoft Windows based machines.
−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
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−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
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−j |
Junk paths (do not make directories) | ||
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−L |
Make file and directory names lowercase | ||
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−n |
Never overwrite files | ||
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−o |
Always overwrite files | ||
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−O |
Use old compression | ||
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−r |
Save raw data (do not decompress) | ||
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−R |
Don’t do any conversion to file and directory names when extracting. | ||
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−v |
Be verbose | ||
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−V |
Print version information |
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c |
List components |
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g |
List file groups |
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l |
List files |
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t |
Test files |
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x |
Extract files |
CABFILE
The InstallShield installer file to act upon
This manual page was adapted by Mark Ellis <[email protected]>, from the skeleton generated by help2man