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ExtractArchive
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ExtractArchive

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ExtractArchive[source]

expands an archive file, saving its content into the current directory.

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ExtractArchive[source,dir]

saves the content of an archive file into directory dir.

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ExtractArchive[source,dir,pattern]

extracts only files whose names match pattern.

Details and Options

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)Summary of the most common use cases

Uncompress a GZIP file, storing the result in the current directory:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-18f1p
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Delete the resulting files:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-4k7zqb

Specify the destination directory:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-eh034m
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Delete the resulting files:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-f7683

Scope  (2)Survey of the scope of standard use cases

Create an archive from the ExampleData directory:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-q9hbqs
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Extract only JPEG files from the resulting archive:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-z80t5e
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Delete the resulting files and archive:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-bmq3zf

Extract an archive from a URL:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-602xd
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Delete the resulting files:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-g1036m

Options  (4)Common values & functionality for each option

CreateIntermediateDirectories  (2)

By default, intermediate directories are automatically created:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-qgzlj6
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-2guvfv
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Delete the created directory:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-whoo10

Prevent creation of intermediate directories to the destination path:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-eslzo3
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IgnoreCase  (1)

Create an archive from the ExampleData directory:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-xq2dlj
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By default, ExtractArchive uses case sensitive patterns:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-hsnypj
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Use IgnoreCase -> True to treat lowercase and uppercase letters as equivalents:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-zem1ir
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Delete the resulting files and archive:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-7yb60c

OverwriteTarget  (1)

Create a ZIP archive:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-cly4eu
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Extract only the JPEG files from the archive:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-wanc6
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Delete the first two extracted files:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-kzg3ia

By default, ExtractArchive will not extract any contents if any destination files already exist:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-lpm0k0
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Use OverwriteTarget->Automatic to only extract files that do not already exist:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-91a0j
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Use OverwriteTarget->True to overwrite any existing files:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-drwxuf
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Properties & Relations  (1)Properties of the function, and connections to other functions

CreateArchive creates a zip archive on the file system:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-yl7kxk
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ExtractArchive creates new files with the extracted contents, without reading the file into memory:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0fq570ofdtfxa-48ca3o
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Import can be used to import a specific file from an archive directly into Wolfram Language:

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Wolfram Research (2010), ExtractArchive, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html (updated 2020).
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Wolfram Research (2010), ExtractArchive, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html (updated 2020).

Text

Wolfram Research (2010), ExtractArchive, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html (updated 2020).

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Wolfram Research (2010), ExtractArchive, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html (updated 2020).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2010. "ExtractArchive." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2010. "ExtractArchive." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2010). ExtractArchive. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html

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Wolfram Language. (2010). ExtractArchive. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_extractarchive, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ExtractArchive}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html}", note=[Accessed: 26-March-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_extractarchive, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ExtractArchive}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html}", note=[Accessed: 26-March-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_extractarchive, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ExtractArchive}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html}, note=[Accessed: 26-March-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_extractarchive, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ExtractArchive}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExtractArchive.html}, note=[Accessed: 26-March-2025 ]}