zip.file.extract {base} | R Documentation

## Extract File from a Zip Archive

### Description

This will extract the file named `file` from the zip archive, if possible, and write it in a temporary location.

### Usage

    zip.file.extract(file, zipname = "R.zip")

### Arguments

`file` | A file name.
`zipname` | The file name of a `zip` archive, including the `".zip"` extension if required.

### Details

The method used is selected by `options(unzip=)`. All platforms support an `"internal"` unzip: this is the default under Windows and the fall-back under Unix if no `unzip` program was found during configuration and `R_UNZIPCMD` is not set.

The file will be extracted if it is in the archive and any required `unzip` utility is available. It will probably be extracted to the directory given by `tempdir`, overwriting an existing file of that name.

### Value

The name of the original or extracted file. Success is indicated by returning a different name.

### Note

The `"internal"` method is very simple, and will not set file dates.

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