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Introduction
Sometime it may be necessary for the client to send data in multi-part zip files. These can take different formats such as .tar files. In the case of windows based zip systems (e.g. WinRar) the multi-part zip files contain the file extensions <somefile.z01> , <somefile.z02> ... <somefile>.zip. These files then need to be extracted to work with the data within.
Procedure
To extract these files on aLinux system it is best to use 7zip, as it has built-in support for multi-part zip files. It is important to note that the file with the .z01 extension is the first part of the multi-part zip file.
To begin extraction of a multi-part zip file:
1. Ensure all relevant zip files are within the same folder and then navigate to this folder.
2. Run the following command:7z x <somefile>.z01
7zip will automatically find the rest of therelevant files and reconstruct the file in the same folder with the relevant file structure and extensions.
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