A more exact extract


Tip
The extract tool can be used to copy Windows' compressed installation files from .cab (cabinet) files. There's an important command-line parameter, /a, which allows you to search all cabinet files for a particular compressed file with only one command. For example, the command extract /a /y c:\windows\system d:\win95\win95_02.cab comdlg32.dll searches win95_02.cab and all subsequent sequentially numbered .cab files for the file comdlg32.dll.
Furthermore, the command extract /a /d d:\win95\ win95_02.cab filename likewise searches each sequential .cab file starting with win95_02.cab for the file named filename. And it does all this in DOS, which is much faster than any Explorer add-on.
- Brad Goodwin

Category: Win95
Issue: Nov 1996
Pages: 167

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