Cabarc Examples
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
CABArc Examples
Example 1: List Files in a Cabinet
You want to list the files in support.cab. Type the following at the command prompt:
cabarc l c:\builds\support.cab
Press Enter. You will see the following output:
Microsoft (R) Cabinet Tool - Version 5.1.2600.0
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..
Listing of cabinet file 'c:\builds\support.cab' (size 4091527):
89 file(s), 4 folder(s), set ID 32099, cabinet #0
File name File size Date Time Attrs
----------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- -----
acldiag.exe 84992 2002/05/24 07:41:56 ----
adprop.dll 735232 2002/05/24 07:41:42 ----
addiag.exe 216091 2002/05/24 04:28:48 ----
adsiedit.dll 330240 2002/05/24 07:41:10 ----
adsiedit.msc 42986 2001/10/15 17:40:54 ----
bitsadmin.exe 48640 2002/05/24 07:41:16 ----
bindiff.exe 17408 2002/05/24 08:28:54 ----
browstat.exe 41472 2002/05/24 07:53:38 ----
Example 2: Extract Files from Cabinet
You want to extract all of the .dll files in the support.cab file. Type the following at the command prompt:
cabarc x c:\builds\support.cab *.dll
Press Enter. The .dll files will be extracted to the current directory. The following output is displayed:
Microsoft (R) Cabinet Tool - Version 5.1.2600.0
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..
Extracting file(s) from cabinet 'c:\builds\support.cab':
extracting: adprop.dll
-- File 'adsiedit.dll' already exists; overwrite? (Yes/No/All/Quit):
Type the following to make CABArc overwrite all preexisting files without continuing to prompt:
a
The following output is displayed:
extracting: adsiedit.dll
extracting: clonepr.dll
extracting: depends.dll
extracting: iadstools.dll
extracting: movetree.dll
extracting: rstools.dll
extracting: sidwkr.dll
Operation successful
Example 3: Create a New Cabinet
You want to create a new cabinet file. Type the following at the command prompt:
cabarc n test1.cab *.dll
Press Enter. The following output is displayed:
Microsoft (R) Cabinet Tool - Version 5.1.2600.0
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..
Creating new cabinet 'test1.cab' with compression 'MSZIP':
-- adding adprop.dll
-- adding adsiedit.dll
-- adding apidll.dll
-- adding clonepr.dll
-- adding depends.dll
-- adding gutils.dll
-- adding iadstools.dll
-- adding movetree.dll
-- adding ntfrsapi.dll
-- adding rstools.dll
-- adding sidwkr.dll
-- adding traceprt.dll
Completed successfully
The cabinet file test1.cab is created in the current directory with MSZIP compression.
See Also
Concepts
Cabarc Overview
Cabarc Remarks
Cabarc Syntax
Alphabetical List of Tools
Topchk.cmd
Rsdir Overview
Rsdiag Overview
Iologsum Overview
Health_chk Overview
Ftonline Overview
Filever Overview
Efsinfo Overview
Dmdiag Overview
Dskprobe Overview
Diruse Overview
Dfsutil Overview
Connstat Overview
Bitsadmin Overview