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
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)