File Submitter: Nuno Brito
File Submitted: 24 Jul 2012
File Updated: 27 Sep 2012
File Category: Tools
This tools allows to extract files directly from an archive hosted at a remote HTTP server.
Underneath the hood we use 7zip to extract files This tool was made with the purpose of (for example) extracting a files files from a big ISO archive somewhere on the Internet without need to download the whole file.
All the archives supported by 7zip are supported by this tool, this includes:
7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, WIM, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR and Z.
You find more information about 7zip at http://www.7-zip.org/
Here is the syntax and examples:
Usage: java -jar re7zip.jar [OPTIONS]
Options:
/t -t archive filetype:
zip, tar, split, rar, lzma, iso, hfs, gzip, cpio, bzip2,
7z, z, arj, cab, lzh, chm, nsis, deb, rpm, udf, xar
/a -a archive filename or URL location of archive
/e -e filename to extract out of the archive
/o -o output filename for the extracted file
/v -v show version info
Example:
java -jar re7zip.jar /t=iso /a=http://test.com/test.iso /e=some\file.txt /o=file.txt
java -jar re7zip.jar -t=iso -a=http://test.com/test.iso -e=some/file.txt -o=file.txt
The tool will run in Windows, MacOS and Linux on variants of x86 and x64. To run from a non-Windows environment, just type "java -jar re7zip.exe" along with the normal parameters (this is also valid for Windows).
Just to clarify, re7zip does not need administrative permissions or install. It is a single file, just run and have fun!
Credits
Big thanks to Peter Schlang and IceCube for helping so much in making the most recent version possible.
Licensing
This tool is LGPL freeware.
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