RE: Read ZIP comments -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: Read ZIP comments
From: Richard Schoen <Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:10:40 +0000
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The Java ZIP class appears to do what you need.

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/zip/ZipFile.html

Use the getComment method.

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date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:05:03 +0000
from: Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: Read ZIP comments

What I've come up with so far is to use 7-Zip and Scott Klement's UNIXCMD to list the contents of the ZIP, which includes the comments.

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