The Cabinet Format

It is used to efficiently package multiple files in one single cabinet file (*.cab).

Este es usado para empaquetar en forma eficiente múltiples archivos en un solo archivo de gabinete (*.cab).

MakeCAB

It is a lossless data compression tool that can be used to create cabinet files (*.cab). makecab.exe is a line command in the Windows Systems.

Este es una herramienta de compresión de datos que puede ser usada para crear archivos de gabinete (*.cab). makecab.exe es un comando de línea en los Sistemas Windows.

Diamond Directive File (*.ddf)

It is a plain text (ASCII) file that can be used as input for makecab.exe. In a DDF file, commands begin with a dot and comments with a semicolon.

Es un archivo de texto simple (ASCII) que puede ser usado como entrada para makecab.exe. En un archivo DDF, los comandos comienzan con un punto y los comentarios con un punto y coma.

Problem 1

Create a folder called Trip and place three picture inside this folder as shown.

Cree una carpeta llamada Trip y coloque tres fotos dentro de esta carpeta como se muestra.

Problem 3

Open a CMD window to execute makecab.exe as shown. Use cd to change the actual directory to where the create_trip.ddf file is. After running makecab.exe, you will find the trip.cab file inside the disk1 folder as shown.

Abra una ventana de CMD para ejecutar makecab.exe como se muestra. Use cd para cambiar el directorio actual a donde está el archivo create_trip.ddf. Después de ejecutar makecab.exe, usted encontrará el artículo trip.cab

MSDOS: cmd.exe

C: \Users\Mike>makecab.exe /F create_trip.ddf
Cabinet Maker - Lossless Data Compression Tool

24,954 bytes in 3 files
Total files:              3
Bytes before:        24,954
Bytes after:         24,440
After/Before:            97.94% compression
Time:                     0.05 seconds ( 0 hr  0 min  0.05 sec)
Throughput:             468.64 Kb/second

Tip

Syntax

MAKECAB [/V[n]] [/D var=value ...] [/L dir] source [destination]
MAKECAB [/V[n]] [/D var=value ...] /F directive_file [...]

source File to compress.
destination File name to give compressed file. If omitted, the last character of the source file name is replaced with an underscore (_) and used as the destination.
/F directives A file containing directives for MAKECAB to use (may be repeated). If more than one directive file is specified (/F file1 /F file2 ...), they are processed in the order (left to right) specified on the command line.

Variable settings, open cabinets, open disks, etc. are all carried forward from one directive file to the next (just as if all of the files had been concatenated together and presented as a single file to MakeCAB). For example, this is intended to simplify the work for a product shipped in multiple languages. There would be a short, language-specific directives file, and then a single, master directives file that covers the bulk of the product.
/D var=value Defines variable with specified value. (may be repeated).Equivalent to using. Set in a directives file. For example, a single directive file could be used to produce layouts for different disk sizes by running MakeCAB once with different values of MaxDiskSize defined: /D MaxDiskSize=1.44M. Both standard MakeCAB variables and custom variables can be defined in this way.

If .Option Explicit is specified in a directive file, then variable must be defined with a .Define command in a directive file. To use a variable substitution (as in the directive file with %) use double %%
/L dir Folder location to place destination file (default is current directory). most useful when destination is not specified.
/V[n] Verbosity level (1..3) 1=default, 3=Verbose. ( 0=none undocumented )

Tip

You may use C:\Windows\System32\expand.exe to extract the content of a CAB file. For instance, to display the file list use

expand.exe -D myfile.cab

To expand a CAB file use:

C:\selo>expand.exe tools.cab -F:* c:\selo

Usted puede usar C:\Windows\System32\expand.exe para extraer el contenido de un archivo CAB. Por ejemplo, para mostrar la lista de archivos use

expand.exe -D myfile.cab

Para expandir un archivo CAB use:

C:\selo>expand.exe tools.cab -F:* c:\selo

The Cabinet Format