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zipcloak

zipcloak(1)						      General Commands Manual						       zipcloak(1)

NAME

       zipcloak - encrypt entries in a zipfile

SYNOPSIS

       zipcloak [-d] [-b path] [-h] [-v] [-L] zipfile

ARGUMENTS

       zipfile	Zipfile to encrypt entries in

OPTIONS

       -b path
       --temp-path path
	      Use the directory given by path for the temporary zip file.

       -d
       --decrypt
	      Decrypt encrypted entries (copy if given wrong password).

       -h
       --help
	      Show a short help.

       -L
       --license
	      Show software license.

       -O path
       --output-file zipfile
	      Write output to new archive zipfile, leaving original archive as is.

       -q
       --quiet
	      Quiet operation.	Suppresses some informational messages.

       -v
       --version
	      Show version information.

DESCRIPTION

       zipcloak encrypts all unencrypted entries in the zipfile.  This is the default action.

       The -d option is used to decrypt encrypted entries in the zipfile.

       zipcloak uses original zip encryption which is considered weak.

       Note:  The encryption code of this program is not copyrighted and is put in the public domain.  It was originally written in Europe and can
	      be freely distributed from any country including the U.S.A.  (Previously if this program was imported into the U.S.A, it	could  not
	      be  re-exported  from  the  U.S.A to another country.)  See the file README.CR included in the source distribution for more on this.
	      Otherwise, the Info-ZIP license applies.

EXAMPLES

       To be added.

BUGS

       Large files (> 2 GB) and large archives not yet supported.

       Split archives not yet supported.  A work around is to convert the split archive to a single-file archive using zip and then  use  zipcloak
       on the single-file archive.  If needed, the resulting archive can then be split again using zip.

SEE ALSO

       zip(1), unzip(1)

AUTHOR

       Info-ZIP

								v3.0 of 8 May 2008						       zipcloak(1)

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