Extract Command (Tools Menu)

Description

Extracts the currently selected file(s) in the contents list from the currently open Package file.

Single Files

If one file is selected, a dialog box is displayed so you can choose a destination and optionally a new name for where to extract the file to. If you choose a file that already exists, it will be overwritten.

Multiple Files

If multiple files are selected, a dialog box is displayed allowing you to specify the destination directory. Because you are only specifying a directory, the files extracted have the same name as those in the package file. This can cause problems when the file names are not legal. For instance, a file called lpt1 may be perfectly legal in a Doom WAD files, but illegal when extracted to a Windows 95 system.

If you wish existing files in the specified directory to be overwritten, check the Overwrite existing files check box.

If the file names contain directory information (such as paths), you can check the Use directory information check box and Packafied will try to extract files with paths to their specified subdirectories. You must specify the path separator character (either a forward slash or backslash) depending on how the paths are specified in the file names.

For instance, a Quake PAK file has a file called maps/mine.txt. If you specify the directory to extract to as c:\extract, and you want the file to be extracted to the maps subdirectory, check the Use directory information check box and select the '/' character as the Directory Separator Character.

If an error occurs while extracting the file, an Exception dialog will be displayed with the cause of the problem.

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