Extract

This utility is provided to extract one or more files from the "Cabinet" archives on the Win 95 CD-ROM. This would generally only be done if it was suspected that an installed file was corrupted in some way.

Syntax:

EXTRACT [/Y] [/A] [/D | /E] [/L dir] cabinet [filename ...]

EXTRACT [/Y] source [newname]

EXTRACT [/Y] /C source destination

cabinet	Cabinet file (contains two or more files)
filename	Name of the file to extract from the cabinet. Wild cards and multiple filenames (separated by blanks) may be used.
source	Compressed file (a cabinet with only one file).
newname	New filename to give the extracted file. If not supplied, the original name is used.
/A	Process ALL cabinets. Follows cabinet chain starting in first cabinet mentioned.
/C	Copy source file to destination (to copy from DMF disks).
/D	Display cabinet directory (use with filename to avoid extract).
/E	Extract (use instead of *.* to extract all files).
/L dir	Location to place extracted files (default is current directory).
/Y	Do not prompt before overwriting an existing file.

Example

To extract the arial font file from the Win95 CD (on drive X:) to the current directory where the host CAB file is not known:
Extract x:\win95\win95_02.cab arial.ttf /A

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