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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
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isextract [\fIl\fP] \fIfile.z\fP
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isextract [\fIx\fP] \fIfile.z\fP [\fIoutput\-dir\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBisextract\fP is a command line tool to extract the .Z InstallShield v3
packages many old windows games were distributed as.
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The files \fBisextract\fP supports normally have a \fB\&.Z\fP extension, and can be
idenfified by the \fBfile\fP(1) command:
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.nf
.ft C
$ file data.z
data.z: InstallShield Z archive Data
.ft P
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\&...or by the hex signature at the start of the file:
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.nf
.ft C
$ head \-c6 data.z | xxd
00000000: 135d 658c 3a01                           .]e.:.
.ft P
.fi
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.SH OPTIONS
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.B \fBl\fP
List contents of archive.
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.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.
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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).
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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
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See the file /usr/doc/isextract\-20141107_5adb0af/LICENSE for license information.
.SH AUTHORS
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isextract was written by OmniBlade.
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This man page written for the SlackBuilds.org project
by B. Watson, and is licensed under the WTFPL.
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBunshieldv3\fP(1), \fBunshield\fP(1), \fBcabextract\fP(1)
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