It appears that extract will error when faced with a self extracting cabinet file. If if the file properties show it as a cabinet file. I have also tried to use cabarc from the links submitted by Limbic~Region which also errors on self extracting cabinet files. I have now taken a plunge and am trying to use the Win32::API to access cabinet.dll. If WinZip can doit perl should be able to. I will post any frustrations, queries or successes in this node. But thnank you for the pointers it has again openned my eyes to the fact that Win32 Modules needed ported to POSIX systems and that Microsoft Standards are well always the same no matter how much they open them :( But we know this, why god oh why must we still have to face them on a daily basis just so the idiot two cubicles over can make a spreadsheet do simple math and call themselves a programmer.

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In reply to Re: Re: Self Extracting Cabinet Files in Perl by Ninthwave
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