zipnote(1)

NAME

   zipnote  -  write  the comments in zipfile to stdout, edit comments and
   rename files in zipfile

SYNOPSIS

   zipnote [-w] [-b path] [-h] [-v] [-L] zipfile

ARGUMENTS

   zipfile  Zipfile to read comments from or edit.

OPTIONS

   -w     Write comments to a zipfile from stdin (see below).

   -b path
          Use path for the temporary zip file.

   -h     Show a short help.

   -v     Show version information.

   -L     Show software license.

DESCRIPTION

   zipnote writes the comments in  a  zipfile  to  stdout.   This  is  the
   default  mode.  A second mode allows updating the comments in a zipfile
   as well as allows changing the names  of  the  files  in  the  zipfile.
   These modes are described below.

EXAMPLES

   To write all comments in a zipfile to stdout use for example

        zipnote foo.zip > foo.tmp

   This  writes all comments in the zipfile foo.zip to the file foo.tmp in
   a specific format.

   If desired, this file can then be edited to  change  the  comments  and
   then used to update the zipfile.

        zipnote -w foo.zip < foo.tmp

   The  names of the files in the zipfile can also be changed in this way.
   This is done by following lines like
        "@ name"
   in the created temporary file (called foo.tmp here) with lines like
        "@=newname"
   and then using the -w option as above.

BUGS

   The temporary file format is rather  specific  and  zipnote  is  rather
   picky about it.  It should be easier to change file names in a script.

   Does not yet support large (> 2 GB) or split archives.

SEE ALSO

   zip(1), unzip(1)

AUTHOR

   Info-ZIP

                          v3.0 of 8 May 2008                    zipnote(1)

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