[plug] How do you unzip files under linux.

[Peter Caffin]

David Buddrige wrote:
> have tried commands like unzip or pkunzip but neither seem to work...
> apropos zip returns "nothing appropriate"... can anyone give me a 
> hand?

Hi David.

Unzip is the one to go for, though you might not have the same unzip
program I have on my Slackware box.  Mine came with the distribution,
but, I hope the following output will at least help you to find the
right package on Hotbot or Altavista:

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UnZip 5.20 of 30 April 1996, by Info-ZIP.  Maintained by Greg Roelofs. 
Send
bug reports to the authors at Zip-Bugs at wkuvx1.wku.edu; see README for
details.

Usage: unzip [-Z] [-opts[modifiers]] file[.zip] [list] [-x xlist] [-d
exdir]
  Default action is to extract files in list, except those in xlist, to
exdir;
  file[.zip] may be a wildcard.  -Z => ZipInfo mode ("unzip -Z" for
usage).

  -p  extract files to pipe, no messages     -l  list files (short
format)
  -f  freshen existing files, create none    -t  test compressed archive
data
  -u  update files, create if necessary      -z  display archive comment
  -x  exclude files which follow (in xlist)  -d  extract files into
exdir

modifiers:                                   -q  quiet mode (-qq =>
quieter)
  -n  never overwrite existing files         -a  auto-convert any text
files
  -o  overwrite files WITHOUT prompting      -aa treat ALL files as text
  -j  junk paths (don't make directories)    -v  be verbose/print
version info
  -C  match filenames case-insensitively     -L  make (some) names
lowercase
  -X  restore UID/GID info                   -V  retain VMS version
numbers
                                             -M  pipe through "more"
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Examples (see unzip.doc for more info):
  unzip data1 -x joe   => extract all files except joe from zipfile
data1.zip
  unzip -p foo | more  => send contents of foo.zip via pipe into program
more
  unzip -fo foo ReadMe => quietly replace existing ReadMe if archive
file newer

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I've successfully used this program to unzip the DOS distribution files
for Legacy DOOM (the project running that's updating the DOOM game for
the 90s -- very swish; I hope they do a port to X :)) while under Linux
without any dramas.


Peter.
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