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Open an encrypted .zip

howdy.

how do you open an encrypted .zip file with an AppleScript ?

mac pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Sep 5, 2009 9:41 PM

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Sep 6, 2009 10:46 AM in response to buddamint

How would you enter the password for an encrypted .zip ?


The best you can get is to prompt the user for the password within your script, then pass that to the command line unzip, e.g.:

set theZipFile to (choose file with prompt "Please select the zip file:")
set thePW to text returned of display dialog "Please enter the zip file's password:" default answer "" with hidden answer

do shell script "/usr/bin/unzip -P " & quoted form of thePW & space & quoted form of POSIX path of theZipFile

Open an encrypted .zip

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