Hi All,
I'm trying to extract some windows cabinet files under
slackware 10.2 (kernel 2.6)
I'm using cabextract, and it works fine, BUT
after extraction i've got the following files:
original file:
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 2117872 2006-04-13 13:23 WindowsXP-KB917425-x86-ENU.exe

after extraction:
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 248621 2005-10-13 04:59 _sfx_0000._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 46346 2005-10-13 04:59 _sfx_0001._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 293 2006-03-30 21:36 _sfx_0002._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 449 2005-12-19 20:05 _sfx_0003._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 3225 2006-03-30 21:36 _sfx_0004._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 117594 2005-10-13 04:59 _sfx_0005._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 1662 2005-10-13 04:58 _sfx_0006._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 usern users 1292885 2006-03-30 21:45 _sfx_0007._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 331582 2006-03-30 21:44 _sfx_0008._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 7235 2006-03-30 21:48 _sfx_0009._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 163 2006-03-30 21:36 _sfx_0010._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 239 2006-03-30 21:36 _sfx_0011._p
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 7153 2005-10-13 04:59 _sfx_0012._p
-r--r--r-- 1 user users 26112 2004-05-19 08:14 _sfx_.dll
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 969 2006-03-30 21:48 _sfx_manifest_
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 80 2006-04-13 15:40 update

Now this ._p files looks to be compressed files . So if I understand correct, there are compressed files inside .cab file.
I did some investigation, and found this:
support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B828030

It says in short: "use Micro$oft's product to extract the contents". But I need to extract the files under linux.

Also I found this: "The package is an Intra-Package Deltas-aware (IPD-aware) package." <-- Any ideas what is this, and how can i extract it ?


10x in advice.