Legacy DOS command at Windows XP to Zip/Unzip ?

[andre_luis]

Hi All,

I cannot install nothing at remote computers where we have protected system.
So, I need know if there exists any way do uncompress a ZIP file ?

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[betwixt]

I'm not sure if this is what you want but look at PowerArchiver - PowerArchiver Command Line which is a command line archiver/extractor which you should be able to remotely control.
You can download the trial version to see if it works and register it for $7.95 if it's OK.

Brian.

 

[andre_luis]

Hi Brian,

Unnafortunatelly, must be a system legacy command.
Like I said before, I´m not able to install anything at those remote computers, due to corporation rules and security restrictions.

Thanks.

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[keith1200rs]

What about pkunzip? PKUNZIP

Keith

 

[andre_luis]

PKUNZIP is not a Legacy MS-DOS command !

thanks

 

[keith1200rs]

Isn't it a command line unzip program that runs under MS-DOS? What do you actually want if it is not that?

Keith.

 

[betwixt]

PKUnzip is available for DOS and Windows. I believe the 2.04g DOS version could handle long file names so it should be able to unzip into folders. I'm not sure if it will handle NTFS though.

Brian.

 

[andre_luis]

Isn't it a command line unzip program that runs under MS-DOS? What do you actually want if it is not that?

Hi Keith,

Yes, it is a DOS command line, but not Legacy.
I must download it to those computers, and I have no access to do that.
I was searching about a way to perform it just with native Windows resources.

PKUnzip is available for DOS and Windows

Hi Brian

PKUNZIP, is a commercial program.

Thanks a lot.

 

[keith1200rs]

There never were any built in unzip resources in DOS. That was why there were so many arc & zip programs.

Keith

 

[andre_luis]

Hi Keith,

I found and tested a MS-DOS prompt command :
rundll32.exe zipfldr.dll,RouteTheCall <filename>.zip

This only opens a zipped file on Windows Explorer browser.
But, I don´t know witch argument is needed to perform extracting.

At MSDN there is no enought informations at this subject.
Maybe this kind of informations is protected by Micro$oft.

Is intersting with that plugin, I can access a Windows resource from MS-DOS.

I Will try some solution.
Thanks a lot again.

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[keith1200rs]

From one of the discussions I have seen on the command line you mentions I found this "Windows provides no direct way to use zipfldr.dll for zipping or unzipping" and "There is no other entry point in zipfldr.dll that allows decompressing files directly from command line". It seems it will only open a zipped folder, that is all.

Keith.