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orange

ORANGE(1)							   User Commands							 ORANGE(1)

NAME

       orange - extract CAB files from self-extracting installers

DESCRIPTION

	      orange [-d DIRECTORY] [-D LEVEL] [-h] FILENAME

       -d DIRECTORY
	      Extract files to DIRECTORY

       -D LEVEL
	      Set debug log level 0 - No logging (default) 1 - Errors only 2 - Errors and warnings 3 - Everything

       -h     Show this help message

       FILENAME
	      The file to list or extract contents of

       Orange is a tool and library for squeezing out juicy installable Microsoft Cabinet Files from self-extracting installers for Microsoft Win-
       dows.  It currently supports the following kinds of installers:

	      * Early support for installers created by Installer VISE. (Orange 0.3 or

	      later)

	      * Support for some installers created by Inno Setup. (Orange 0.2 or later) * Early support for the installer used  by  TomTom  prod-
	      ucts. (Orange 0.2 or

	      later)

	      * InstallShield versions 5 and 6, using Unshield for extracting

	      InstallShield Cabinet files.

	      *  Setup	Factory  versions 5 and 6 using Dynamite for data decompression.  * Some other installer (using a DLL called inflate.dll).
	      This is used by

	      for example Macromedia Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC 2002.

	      * Microsoft Cabinets (also self-extracting) when you have Cabextract

	      installed.

	      * Zip archives (also self-extracting) when you have UnZip installed.

orange 0.3.1							     July 2004								 ORANGE(1)

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