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TLDR: zipcloak (tldr-pages)

Encrypt the contents within a Zip archive.

  • Encrypt the contents of a Zip archive
    zipcloak {{path/to/archive.zip}}
  • Decrypt the contents of a Zip archive
    zipcloak {{-d|--decrypt}} {{path/to/archive.zip}}
  • Output the encrypted contents into a new Zip archive
    zipcloak {{path/to/archive.zip}} {{-O|--output-file}} {{path/to/encrypted.zip}}
zipcloak(1)                            General Commands Manual                           zipcloak(1)



NAME
       zipcloak - encrypt entries in a zipfile


SYNOPSIS
       zipcloak [-d] [-b path] [-h] [-v] [-L] zipfile


ARGUMENTS
       zipfile  Zipfile to encrypt entries in


OPTIONS
       -b path
       --temp-path path
              Use the directory given by path for the temporary zip file.


       -d
       --decrypt
              Decrypt encrypted entries (copy if given wrong password).


       -h
       --help
              Show a short help.


       -L
       --license
              Show software license.


       -O path
       --output-file zipfile
              Write output to new archive zipfile, leaving original archive as is.


       -q
       --quiet
              Quiet operation.  Suppresses some informational messages.


       -v
       --version
              Show version information.


DESCRIPTION
       zipcloak encrypts all unencrypted entries in the zipfile.  This is the default action.


       The -d option is used to decrypt encrypted entries in the zipfile.


       zipcloak uses original zip encryption which is considered weak.


       Note:  The  encryption  code  of this program is not copyrighted and is put in the public do‐
              main.  It was originally written in Europe and can  be  freely  distributed  from  any
              country including the U.S.A.  (Previously if this program was imported into the U.S.A,
              it could not be re-exported  from  the  U.S.A  to  another  country.)   See  the  file
              README.CR  included in the source distribution for more on this.  Otherwise, the Info-
              ZIP license applies.


EXAMPLES
       To be added.


BUGS
       Large files (> 2 GB) and large archives not yet supported.

       Split archives not yet supported.  A work around is to convert the split archive to a single-
       file  archive using zip and then use zipcloak on the single-file archive.  If needed, the re‐
       sulting archive can then be split again using zip.



SEE ALSO
       zip(1), unzip(1)

AUTHOR
       Info-ZIP



                                         v3.0 of 8 May 2008                              zipcloak(1)
zipcloak(1)
NAME SYNOPSIS ARGUMENTS OPTIONS
-b path -d --decrypt -h --help -L --license -O path -q --quiet -v --version
DESCRIPTION EXAMPLES BUGS SEE ALSO AUTHOR

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