ziptool(1)

Commands

For all commands below, the index is zero-based. In other words, the first entry in the zip archive has index 0.

Supported commands and arguments are:

add name content

Add file called name using the string content from the command line as data.

add_dir name

Add directory name.

add_file name file_to_add offset len

Add file name to archive, using len bytes from the file file_to_add as input data, starting at offset.

add_from_zip name archivename index offset len

Add file called name to archive using data from another zip archive archivename using the entry with index index and reading len bytes from offset.

cat index

Output file contents for entry index to stdout.

count_extra index flags

Print the number of extra fields for archive entry index using flags.

count_extra_by_id index extra_id flags

Print number of extra fields of type extra_id for archive entry index using flags.

delete index

Remove entry at index from zip archive.

delete_extra index extra_idx flags

Remove extra field number extra_idx from archive entry index using flags.

delete_extra_by_id index extra_id extra_index flags

Remove extra field number extra_index of type extra_id from archive entry index using flags.

get_archive_comment

Print archive comment.

get_archive_flag flag

Print state of archive flag flag.

get_extra index extra_index flags

Print extra field extra_index for archive entry index using flags.

get_extra_by_id index extra_id extra_index flags

Print extra field extra_index of type extra_id for archive entry index using flags.

get_file_comment index

Get file comment for archive entry index.

get_num_entries flags

Print number of entries in archive using flags.

name_locate name flags

Find entry in archive with the filename name using flags and print its index.

rename index name

Rename archive entry index to name.

replace_file_contents index data

Replace file contents for archive entry index with the string data.

set_archive_comment comment

Set archive comment to comment.

get_archive_flag flag value

Set archive flag flag to value.

set_extra index extra_id extra_index flags value

Set extra field number extra_index of type extra_id for archive entry index using flags to value.

set_file_comment index comment

Set file comment for archive entry index to string comment.

set_file_compression index method compression_flags

Set file compression method for archive entry index to method using compression_flags. Note: Currently, compression_flags are ignored.

set_file_encryption index method password

Set file encryption method for archive entry index to method with password password.

set_file_mtime index timestamp

Set file modification time for archive entry index to UNIX mtime timestamp.

set_file_mtime_all timestamp

Set file modification time for all archive entries to UNIX mtime timestamp.

set_password password

Set default password for encryption/decryption to password.

stat index

Print information about archive entry index.

Flags

Some commands take flag arguments. Each character in the argument sets the corresponding flag. Use 0 or the empty string for no flags.

Supported flags are:

4

ZIP_FL_ENC_CP437

8

ZIP_FL_ENC_UTF_8

C

ZIP_FL_NOCASE

c

ZIP_FL_CENTRAL

d

ZIP_FL_NODIR

l

ZIP_FL_LOCAL

r

ZIP_FL_ENC_RAW

s

ZIP_FL_ENC_STRICT

u

ZIP_FL_UNCHANGED

Archive flags

get_archive_flag and set_archive_flag work on the following flags:

• create-or-keep-empty-file-for-archive

• is-torrentzip

• rdonly

• want-torrentzip

Compression Methods

Some commands take compression method arguments. Supported methods are:

• default

• deflate

• store

Encryption Methods

Some commands take encryption method arguments. Supported methods are:

• none

• AES-128

• AES-192

• AES-256