macunpack

MACUNPACK(L)                                                      MACUNPACK(L)

NAME

       macunpack - Macintosh file de-archiver

SYNOPSIS

       macunpack [ - options ] [ file ]

DESCRIPTION

       macunpack  takes  the Macintosh MacBinary archive specified in file (or
       standard input if none is specified) and extracts the files it contains
       subject  to  the  options  specified.  The program will also accept the
       data fork of the archive for some kinds of archive as standard input.

OPTIONS

       In the absence of any options, macunpack takes  the  specified  archive
       and  silently  extracts  the file(s) it contains into MacBinary format,
       giving the output files ".bin" extensions and placing them in the  cur-
       rent  working directory.  Subdirectories are created for embedded fold-
       ers.

       -3     Write files in fork format (.info, .data and .rsrc files.)

       -f     As -3, but empty data and rsrc files are not created.

       -r     Write resource forks only (.rsrc files.)

       -d     Write data forks only (.data files.)

       -u     As -d, but the codes for CR and LF are interchanged,  the  file-
              name extension is .text.

       -U     As -u, but there is no filename extension.

       -a     Write  files in AppleShare format.  This option is only valid if
              the program is compiled with support for  some  form  of  Apple-
              Share.  The current directory must be a valid AppleShare folder.

       -s     Write extracted files to standard output in MacBinary format.

       -l     List every file extracted (and  every  directory/folder  created
              etc.)

       -v     Like -l, but more verbose (implies -l.)

       -i     Do not extract, give information only (implies -l.)

       -q     Ask  the  user  for  every  file/folder  whether  it  should  be
              extracted (implies -l.)

       -V     Gives the patchlevel of  the  program,  and  other  information.
              Other options are ignored and the program quits immediately.

       -H     Give  short  information  about  the options.  Other options are
              ignored and the program quits immediately.

BUGS

       As this is a beta release, there may still be some problems.   Archives
       that are password protected and multi-file archives are not dealt with.

SEE ALSO

       macutil(1)

AUTHOR

       Dik T. Winter, CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (dik@cwi.nl)

       Parts of the code are based on codes from: Steve Davies,  Rahul  Dhesi,
       Casper  H.S.  Dik,  Jim  McKie,  Mark  G. Mendel, Haruhiko Okumura, Joe
       Orost,  Samuel  H.  Smith,  Yooichi  Tagawa,  Spencer  W.  Thomas,  Ken
       Turkowski, Allan G. Weber, James A. Woods and Haruyasu Yoshizaki.



3rd Berkeley Distribution      October 22, 1992                   MACUNPACK(L)