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hankjrfan00
I am looking for a consol application that will search inside a group of cab files and tell witch cab file has the file that is being searched for.

Example:
CODE
c:\cabsearch explorer.exe D:\win98\
The file explorer.exe was found in xxxxxx.cab


If such a tool exist it would make my life a lot easier.

Thanks
Petr
And what about to use extract with "/A"?
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/A         Process ALL cabinets.  Follows cabinet chain
             starting in first cabinet mentioned.


It means if you want to extract explorer.exe, you will just write (based on your example):

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EXTRACT /A D:\WIN98\BASE2.CAB EXPLORER.EXE


Another possibility is to use Total Commander, Alt-F7 (Search), and check "Search archives".

Petr
LLXX
CODE
for %a in ( *.cab ) do extract /d %a >> dirlist.txt
find /I "explorer.exe" dirlist.txt
charly
QUOTE (hankjrfan00 @ Apr 21 2006, 11:03 PM) *
I am looking for a consol application that will search inside a group of cab files and tell witch cab file has the file that is being searched for.

Example:
CODE
c:\cabsearch explorer.exe D:\win98\
The file explorer.exe was found in xxxxxx.cab


If such a tool exist it would make my life a lot easier.

Thanks

In the Start Menu - use search command - in Folder or Files line put " * .cab ", and in Files Containing line put the file you are looking for - like " explorer.exe " all with out quotes.
Charlie
MDGx
Try this:
http://www.mdgx.com/last4.htm#EXTRACT
and make sure you download EXTCAB.ZIP [link posted in guide above].
Then open those CABL*.TXT files from the ZIP in Notepad.
You can also run [if using Win98 SE]:

TYPE CABL98SE.TXT | FIND.EXE/I "WINFILE"

from any DOS box.

CABLIST.BAT [also from zip above] creates a full list of all CABs from any Win9x/ME/Plus!95/Plus!98 setup CD.
Open CABLIST.BAT in Notepad to see if u need to modify any lines to match your computer setup.

Hope this helps.
hankjrfan00
Thanks everyone this should help me lots. thumbup.gif
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