unshield(1)

NAME

   unshield - extract CAB files from an InstallShield installer archive

SYNOPSIS

   unshield  [-c COMPONENT] [-d DIRECTORY] [-D LEVEL] [-g GROUP] [-h] [-j]
   [-L] [-n] [-o] [-O] [-r] [-v] [-V] c|g|l|t|x CABFILE

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

   -j     Junk paths (do not make directories)

   -L     Make file and directory names lowercase

   -n     Never overwrite files

   -o     Always overwrite files

   -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     Be verbose

   -V     Print version information

   Commands:
   c      List components

   g      List file groups

   l      List files

   t      Test files

   x      Extract files

   Other:
   CABFILE
          The InstallShield installer file to act upon

AUTHOR

   This  manual page was adapted by Mark Ellis <[email protected]>, from
   the skeleton generated by help2man

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