---
name: "gcab"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gcab"
version: "1.6-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gcab"
---

# gcab(1)

Program to create Microsoft cabinet (.cab) archives

## NAME

gcab - Program to create Microsoft cabinet (.cab) archives

## SYNOPSIS

**gcab** \[*OPTION*\]... *CABFILE* *FILES...*

## DESCRIPTION

Create the cabinet file CABFILE from the list of FILES.

## OPTIONS

- **-c, --create**

  create a new cabinet archive

- **-x, --extract**

  extract files from a cabinet archive

- **-t, --list**

  list files of a cabinet archive

- **-n, --nopath**

  create files without pathnames

- **-C, --directory DIR**

  change or extract to directory DIR

- **-v, --verbose**

  verbosely list files processed

- **-z, --zip**

  use zip compression

## AUTHOR

Written by Marc-André Lureau \<marcandre.lureau@gmail.com\>.

## SEE ALSO

- [**cabextract**(1)](/cabextract/1.md)

  program to extract files from Microsoft cabinet (.cab) archives