zipcloak(1) General Commands Manual zipcloak(1)
NAME
zipcloak - encrypt entries in a zipfile
SYNOPSIS
zipcloak [-d] [-b path] [-h] [-v] [-L] zipfile
ARGUMENTS
zipfile Zipfile to encrypt entries in
OPTIONS
-b path
--temp-path path
Use the directory given by path for the temporary zip file.
-d
--decrypt
Decrypt encrypted entries (copy if given wrong password).
-h
--help
Show a short help.
-L
--license
Show software license.
-O path
--output-file zipfile
Write output to new archive zipfile, leaving original archive as
is.
-q
--quiet
Quiet operation. Suppresses some informational messages.
-v
--version
Show version information.
DESCRIPTION
zipcloak encrypts all unencrypted entries in the zipfile. This is the
default action.
The -d option is used to decrypt encrypted entries in the zipfile.
zipcloak uses original zip encryption which is considered weak.
Note: The encryption code of this program is not copyrighted and is put
in the public domain. It was originally written in Europe and
can be freely distributed from any country including the U.S.A.
(Previously if this program was imported into the U.S.A, it could
not be re-exported from the U.S.A to another country.) See the
file README.CR included in the source distribution for more on
this. Otherwise, the Info-ZIP license applies.
EXAMPLES
To be added.
BUGS
Large files (> 2 GB) and large archives not yet supported.
Split archives not yet supported. A work around is to convert the split
archive to a single-file archive using zip and then use zipcloak on the
single-file archive. If needed, the resulting archive can then be split
again using zip.
SEE ALSO
zip(1), unzip(1)
AUTHOR
Info-ZIP
v3.0 of 8 May 2008 zipcloak(1)
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