zipnote - write the comments in zipfile to stdout, edit comments and rename files in zipfile

zipnote writes the comments in a zipfile to stdout. This is the default mode. A second mode allows updating the comments in a zipfile as well as allows changing the names of the files in the zipfile.

These modes are described below.

Syntax

zipfile

Zipfile to read comments from or edit.

-w

Write comments to a zipfile from stdin (see below).

-b path

Use path for the temporary zip file.

-h

Show a short help.

-v

Show version information.

-L

Show software license.

Example

To write all comments in a zipfile to stdout use for example

zipnote foo.zip > foo.tmp

This writes all comments in the zipfile foo.zip to the file foo.tmp in a specific format.

If desired, this file can then be edited to change the comments and then used to update the zipfile.

zipnote -w foo.zip < foo.tmp

The names of the files in the zipfile can also be changed in this way.

This is done by following lines like

"@ name"

in the created temporary file (called foo.tmp here) with lines like

"@=newname"

and then using the -w option as above.

Restrictions

The temporary file format is rather specific and zipnote is rather picky about it. It should be easier to change file names in a script.

Does not yet support large (> 2 GB) or split archives.

See also

zip, unzip