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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers .z file compression Post 302097682 by Corona688 on Tuesday 28th of November 2006 02:39:25 AM
Old 11-28-2006
It is so very, very not a UNIX file. It is a strange format called an "InstallShield Z archive", probably InstallShield 3.x. The only thing I know of that might even touch it is a Windows program called Universal Extractor.
 

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UNSHIELD(1)						       http://www.synce.org						       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) -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 <mark@mpellis.org.uk>, from the skeleton generated by help2man The SynCE project July 2004 UNSHIELD(1)
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