Possible to 'unzip' with the same effect like 'gunzip' ??

[synux]

Hello!

I like the functionality of GZip and I would like to UnZip some Zips (well, actually hundreds) with the same effect as GZip.. you might ask "what effect?".. Look:

If we create a file, let's say debian-test: touch debian-test
Then we GZip it: gzip debian-test
It will make a debian-test.gz file of the original file, but the original file is gone.
So let's GunZip it: gunzip debian-test.gz
It will give us back the debian-test file, but the archive is gone. This is what I like.

But in Zip/UnZip, you need to specify a path where the archive should be made/extracted and it will leave the original files which is absolutely annyoing.. Oh and please note that I have a directory where is a subdirectory with many Zips and again lots of subdirectories with many Zips... So this makes stuff a little bit complicated..

Thanks to anyone who would be so kind to help me to UnZip the Zip files!

[Grifter]

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=11720

[synux]

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=11720

No no no.. that's different. I already saw that post before posting this. To make that Bash script to work for me, I need to add the command cd to UnZip the Zips in their appropriate subdirectories..

[Grifter]

so do it

mkdir $dirname; cd $dirname; unzip ../$zipfile; cd ..; done

[Harold]

Are you saying that gunzip will not uncompress any of these files?

[synux]

Are you saying that gunzip will not uncompress any of these files?

$ gunzip roland_grand_piano.zip
gunzip: roland_grand_piano.zip: unknown suffix -- ignored

[Grifter]

gunzip doesn't work on zip files because gzip just compresses, whereas a zip file is an archive like tar, which just happens to be compressed

[synux]

gunzip doesn't work on zip files because gzip just compresses, whereas a zip file is an archive like tar, which just happens to be compressed

That's what I'm trying to clarify..

[Grifter]

I guess I clarified it for you (:

[Harold]

Files created by zip can be uncompressed by gzip only if they have a single member compressed with the 'deflation' method. This feature is only intended to help conversion of tar.zip files to the tar.gz format. To extract zip files with several members, use unzip instead of gunzip.

http://tinyurl.com/2v7yt2

[Grifter]

learn something new every day

[synux]

Files created by zip can be uncompressed by gzip only if they have a single member compressed with the 'deflation' method. This feature is only intended to help conversion of tar.zip files to the tar.gz format. To extract zip files with several members, use unzip instead of gunzip.

http://tinyurl.com/2v7yt2

My Zip files have several members

[Harold]

Try this: http://www.stuffit.com/unix/index.html

[synux]

Try this: http://www.stuffit.com/unix/index.html

Thanks! Looks very promising

[garrincha]

I don't know if it's relevant for you, however I use a debian package called 'unp' which unpack almost everything including *.tar.gz, *.tar.bz, *.rpm, *.deb, *.zip, *.rar with one command. Of course you need to install some non-free packages like 'unrar' for *.rar file for example. Unp can be installed by apt-get:

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/unp

[synux]

I don't know if it's relevant for you, however I use a debian package called 'unp' which unpack almost everything including *.tar.gz, *.tar.bz, *.rpm, *.deb, *.zip, *.rar with one command. Of course you need to install some non-free packages like 'unrar' for *.rar file for example. Unp can be installed by apt-get:

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/unp

Cool!