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A previous Tip of the Night explained how you can use the cp command on an Apple iOS in Terminal to copy data. Tonight’s Tip is to use the Ditto Command in Terminal (followed by the source file path and the destination path ( each preceded by ‘\Volumes\’) ) to copy data without altering the metadata or the folder structure.
You can use the Expand command in Windows to extract the contains of .cab container files. At the command prompt simply enter the expand command followed by the operator -F:* and the path for the folder holding the container file, followed by the folder you want the contents to be extracted to.
Expand -F:* C:\FooFolder\openoffice1.cab c:\foofolder\expand\
If you're running a batch file and you want to pause/stop it, you can do so by simply pressing CTRL + C.
Goodness gracious, I am a tired man.