ZIPTOOL(1) General Commands Manual ZIPTOOL(1) NAME ziptool - modify zip archives SYNOPSIS ziptool [-ceghnrst] [-l length] [-o offset] zip-archive command [command-args ...] [command [command-args ...] ...] DESCRIPTION ziptool modifies the zip archive zip-archive according to the commands given. Supported options: -c Check zip archive consistency when opening it. -e Error if archive already exists (only useful with -n). -g Guess file name encoding (for stat command). -h Display help. -l length Only read length bytes of archive. See also -o. -n Create archive if it doesn't exist. See also -e. -o offset Start reading input archive from offset. See also -l. -r Print raw file name encoding without translation (for stat command). -s Follow file name convention strictly (for stat command). -t Disregard current file contents, if any. Note: use this with care, it deletes all existing file contents when you modify the archive. Commands For all commands below, the index is zero-based. In other words, the first entry in the zip archive has index 0. Supported commands and arguments are: add name content Add file called name using the string content from the command line as data. add_dir name Add directory name. add_file name file_to_add offset len Add file name to archive, using len bytes from the file file_to_add as input data, starting at offset. add_from_zip name archivename index offset len Add file called name to archive using data from another zip archive archivename using the entry with index index and reading len bytes from offset. cat index Output file contents for entry index to stdout. count_extra index flags Print the number of extra fields for archive entry index using flags. count_extra_by_id index extra_id flags Print number of extra fields of type extra_id for archive entry index using flags. delete index Remove entry at index from zip archive. delete_extra index extra_idx flags Remove extra field number extra_idx from archive entry index using flags. delete_extra_by_id index extra_id extra_index flags Remove extra field number extra_index of type extra_id from archive entry index using flags. get_archive_comment Print archive comment. get_archive_flag flag Print state of archive flag flag. get_extra index extra_index flags Print extra field extra_index for archive entry index using flags. get_extra_by_id index extra_id extra_index flags Print extra field extra_index of type extra_id for archive entry index using flags. get_file_comment index Get file comment for archive entry index. get_num_entries flags Print number of entries in archive using flags. name_locate name flags Find entry in archive with the filename name using flags and print its index. rename index name Rename archive entry index to name. replace_file_contents index data Replace file contents for archive entry index with the string data. set_archive_comment comment Set archive comment to comment. get_archive_flag flag value Set archive flag flag to value. set_extra index extra_id extra_index flags value Set extra field number extra_index of type extra_id for archive entry index using flags to value. set_file_comment index comment Set file comment for archive entry index to string comment. set_file_compression index method compression_flags Set file compression method for archive entry index to method using compression_flags. Note: Currently, compression_flags are ignored. set_file_encryption index method password Set file encryption method for archive entry index to method with password password. set_file_mtime index timestamp Set file modification time for archive entry index to UNIX mtime timestamp. set_file_mtime_all timestamp Set file modification time for all archive entries to UNIX mtime timestamp. set_password password Set default password for encryption/decryption to password. stat index Print information about archive entry index. Flags Some commands take flag arguments. Each character in the argument sets the corresponding flag. Use 0 or the empty string for no flags. Supported flags are: 4 ZIP_FL_ENC_CP437 8 ZIP_FL_ENC_UTF_8 C ZIP_FL_NOCASE c ZIP_FL_CENTRAL d ZIP_FL_NODIR l ZIP_FL_LOCAL r ZIP_FL_ENC_RAW s ZIP_FL_ENC_STRICT u ZIP_FL_UNCHANGED Archive flags get_archive_flag and set_archive_flag work on the following flags: o create-or-keep-empty-file-for-archive o is-torrentzip o rdonly o want-torrentzip Compression Methods Some commands take compression method arguments. Supported methods are: o default o deflate o store Encryption Methods Some commands take encryption method arguments. Supported methods are: o none o AES-128 o AES-192 o AES-256 EXIT STATUS The ziptool utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. EXAMPLES Add a file called teststring.txt to the zip archive testbuffer.zip with data "This is a test.\n" where "\n" is replaced with a newline character: ziptool testbuffer.zip add teststring.txt \"This is a test.\n\" Delete the first file from the zip archive testfile.zip: ziptool testfile.zip delete 0 SEE ALSO zipcmp(1), zipmerge(1), libzip(3) HISTORY ziptool was added in libzip 1.1. AUTHORS Dieter Baron and Thomas Klausner Linux 6.7.4-arch1-1 January 23, 2023 Linux 6.7.4-arch1-1