zipnote - write the comments in zipfile to stdout, edit comments and rename files in zipfile zipnote [ -w ] [ -b path ] [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -L ] zipfile zipfile Zipfile to read comments from or edit.

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

-b path Use path for the temporary zip file.

-h Show a short help.

-v Show version information.

-L Show software license.

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. 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. 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. Does not yet support large (> 2 GB) or split archives. zip(1), unzip(1) Info-ZIP