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zipnote(1)                                     General Commands Manual                                     zipnote(1)



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


SYNOPSIS
       zipnote [-w] [-b path] [-h] [-q] [-v] [-L] zipfile


ARGUMENTS
       zipfile  Zipfile to read comments from or edit.


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

       -b path
              Use path for the temporary zip file.

       -h     Show a short help.

       -q     Suppress some informational messages.

       -v     Show version information.

       -L     Show software license.


DESCRIPTION
       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.


EXAMPLES
       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.


BUGS
       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.