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