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Shine BR
Shine BR
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November 11, 2017
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Unzip a file

  • November 11, 2017
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Hi Team,

Is there any possibility of unzipping a file from desktop and execute an action through PS.

    Correct answer Davide_Barranca12040269

    If you're familiar with command-line zip (see Unzipping Files Using Terminal | Mac Tricks And Tips for info), you can write the needed lines into a string and then pass it to the app.system() function, for instance:

    var cmd = "cd ~/Desktop/srcFolder\n" +
              "unzip -o test.zip -d ~/Desktop/destFolder";
    app.system(cmd);

    Hope this helps,

    Davide

    1 reply

    Davide_Barranca12040269
    Davide_Barranca12040269Correct answer
    Legend
    November 12, 2017

    If you're familiar with command-line zip (see Unzipping Files Using Terminal | Mac Tricks And Tips for info), you can write the needed lines into a string and then pass it to the app.system() function, for instance:

    var cmd = "cd ~/Desktop/srcFolder\n" +
              "unzip -o test.zip -d ~/Desktop/destFolder";
    app.system(cmd);

    Hope this helps,

    Davide

    Davide Barranca - PS developer and authorwww.ps-scripting.com
      natrev
      natrev
      Legend
      November 13, 2017

      Hi Davide,

      Is this possible to unzip file from sever..? since I used that code and getting error.. 

      var cmd = "cd //NEWSERVER/Source files\n" + "unzip -o test.zip -d ~/Desktop/dest Folder";  
      app.system(cmd); 

      yajiv

      R
      r-bin
      Legend
      March 19, 2018

      To be very honest before you posted your solution my last try had to be with additional quotes (so like in your example), as I tried something like it in deep past and it worked, but then looked once again at code and found, no way, that has no sense - it all looks like that should work. So I didn't eventually try that trick. Even if I did I still had problem. Because your first code does not work. It works only when like in second code you posted the destination folder for unrared content is specified so:

      system('""C:\\Program Files (x86)\\WinRAR\\unrar.exe" x "%USERPROFILE%\\Desktop\\test.rar" "%USERPROFILE%\\Desktop""')

      That specified destination that should be added at end of code I saw in some exampes I googled, but I did not use that as trying it without it directly from Command Prompt showed it is not needed. Well I thought if in Command Line that is no needed then why that should be used in ESTK. That's not logical for me. THX again that I had no to loose much time on it.


      At me all works fine and files are extracted in a folder
      C: \ Program Files \ Adobe \ Adobe Photoshop CS6.
      I knowingly said about access rights. Or run photoshop with administrator rights

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