ziptool
—
modify zip archives
ziptool |
[ -ceghnrst ]
[-l
length ]
[-o
offset ]
zip-archive
command
[command-args ... ]
[command
[ command-args ... ]
... ] |
ziptool
modifies the zip archive
zip-archive according to the
commands given.
Supported options:
-
-
-c
- Check zip archive consistency when opening it.
-
-
-e
- Error if archive already exists (only useful with
-n
).
-
-
-g
- Guess file name encoding (for
stat
command).
-
-
-h
- Display help.
-
-
-l
length
- Only read length bytes of archive. See
also
-o
.
-
-
-n
- Create archive if it doesn't exist. See also
-e
.
-
-
-o
offset
- Start reading input archive from offset.
See also
-l
.
-
-
-r
- Print raw file name encoding without translation (for
stat
command).
-
-
-s
- Follow file name convention strictly (for
stat
command).
-
-
-t
- Disregard current file contents, if any.
Note: use this with care, it deletes all
existing file contents when you modify the archive.
For all commands below, the index is zero-based. In other words, the first entry
in the zip archive has index 0.
Supported commands and arguments are:
-
-
add
name content
- Add file called name using the string
content from the command line as
data.
-
-
add_dir
name
- Add directory name.
-
-
add_file
name file_to_add offset len
- Add file name to archive, using
len bytes from the file
file_to_add as input data, starting at
offset.
-
-
add_from_zip
name archivename index offset len
- Add file called name to archive using
data from another zip archive archivename
using the entry with index index and
reading len bytes from
offset.
-
-
cat
index
- Output file contents for entry index to
stdout.
-
-
-
index flags
- Print the number of extra fields for archive entry
index using
flags.
-
-
-
index extra_id flags
- Print number of extra fields of type
extra_id for archive entry
index using
flags.
-
-
delete
index
- Remove entry at index from zip
archive.
-
-
-
index extra_idx flags
- Remove extra field number extra_idx from
archive entry index using
flags.
-
-
-
index extra_id extra_index flags
- Remove extra field number extra_index of
type extra_id from archive entry
index using
flags.
-
-
- Print archive comment.
-
-
-
index extra_index flags
- Print extra field extra_index for archive
entry index using
flags.
-
-
-
index extra_id extra_index flags
- Print extra field extra_index of type
extra_id for archive entry
index using
flags.
-
-
-
index
- Get file comment for archive entry
index.
-
-
get_num_entries
flags
- Print number of entries in archive using
flags.
-
-
name_locate
name flags
- Find entry in archive with the filename
name using
flags and print its index.
-
-
rename
index name
- Rename archive entry index to
name.
-
-
replace_file_contents
index data
- Replace file contents for archive entry
index with the string
data.
-
-
-
comment
- Set archive comment to comment.
-
-
-
index extra_id extra_index flags value
- Set extra field number extra_index of
type extra_id for archive entry
index using
flags to
value.
-
-
-
index comment
- Set file comment for archive entry index
to string comment.
-
-
set_file_compression
index method compression_flags
- Set file compression method for archive entry
index to
method using
compression_flags.
Note: Currently,
compression_flags are ignored.
-
-
set_file_encryption
index method password
- Set file encryption method for archive entry
index to
method with password
password.
-
-
set_file_mtime
index timestamp
- Set file modification time for archive entry
index to UNIX mtime
timestamp.
-
-
set_file_mtime_all
timestamp
- Set file modification time for all archive entries to UNIX mtime
timestamp.
-
-
set_password
password
- Set default password for encryption/decryption to
password.
-
-
stat
index
- Print information about archive entry
index.
Some commands take flag arguments. Supported flags are:
Some commands take compression method arguments. Supported methods are:
Some commands take encryption method arguments. Supported methods are:
The
ziptool
utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
Add a file called
teststring.txt to the zip
archive
testbuffer.zip with data
“This is a test.\n” where “\n” is replaced with a
newline character:
ziptool testbuffer.zip add teststring.txt \"This is a test.\n\"
Delete the first file from the zip archive
testfile.zip:
ziptool testfile.zip delete 0
zipcmp(1),
zipmerge(1),
libzip(3)
ziptool
was added in libzip 1.1.
Dieter Baron
<
dillo@nih.at>
and
Thomas Klausner
<
tk@giga.or.at>