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-.TH ISEXTRACT 1 "2020-04-29" "20141107_5adb0af" "SlackBuilds.org"
-.SH NAME
-isextract \- Extract InstallShield v3 archives
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+.TH "ISEXTRACT" 1 "2022-01-12" "20141107_5adb0af" "SlackBuilds.org"
+.SH NAME
+isextract \- Extract InstallShield v3 archives
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
-isextract [\fIl|x\fP] file.z
+isextract [\fIl\fP] \fIfile.z\fP
+.sp
+isextract [\fIx\fP] \fIfile.z\fP [\fIoutput\-dir\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
-isextract is a command line tool to extract the .z InstallShield v3
+\fBisextract\fP is a command line tool to extract the .Z InstallShield v3
packages many old windows games were distributed as.
.sp
-The files isextract supports normally have a \fB\&.z\fP extension, and can be
-idenfified by the file command:
+The files \fBisextract\fP supports normally have a \fB\&.Z\fP extension, and can be
+idenfified by the \fBfile\fP(1) command:
.INDENT 0.0
.INDENT 3.5
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@@ -77,13 +73,27 @@ $ head \-c6 data.z | xxd
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.SH OPTIONS
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \fBl\fP
+List contents of archive.
+.TP
+.B \fBx\fP
+Extract archive. If an \fIoutput\-dir\fP is given, extracted files will be written
+there (the \fIoutput\-dir\fP must already exist). Without \fIoutput\-dir\fP, the current
+directory is used.
+.UNINDENT
.sp
-\fBl\fP List contents of archive.
+If \fBfile\fP says "compress\(aqd data" or similar, your file isn\(aqt an
+InstallShield archive; it\(aqs compressed with the old UNIX compress
+command, and can be extracted with \fBuncompress\fP(1) or \fBgzip\fP(1).
.sp
-\fBx\fP Extract archive to current directory.
+When extracting, \fBisextract\fP \fIDOES NOT\fP preserve the directory structure
+inside the archive. All files are written to the same directory. If you
+need the directories, use \fBunshieldv3\fP instead.
.SH COPYRIGHT
.sp
-See the file /usr/doc/PRGNAM\-20141107_5adb0af/LICENSE for license information.
+See the file /usr/doc/isextract\-20141107_5adb0af/LICENSE for license information.
.SH AUTHORS
.sp
isextract was written by OmniBlade.
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by B. Watson, and is licensed under the WTFPL.
.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
-unshield(1), cabextract(1)
+\fBunshieldv3\fP(1), \fBunshield\fP(1), \fBcabextract\fP(1)
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