[sclug] Extracting msi files

[Derek M Jones]

Damion,

>> Does anybody know of a Linux tool that will extract the contents
>> of a Microsoft Install (msi) file?
> 
> Either unshield or cabextract.  These are used when playing with
> things like ie6.0 under wine.

Wow, how about that!  cabextract works (pity it uses the guid for
the filename).  unshield (version 0.5) does not work for me.

All I need to do now id to update the file's magic database so
that it stops reporting msi files as being Microsoft office!

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