extract the contents of a folder

Question

I have been reading extractto for the php manual, and I understand exactly what it does. but my zip had:

name.zip
--foler
----files

I want the files, I don't want the folder, I just want the files. These will over write files in a path I am extracting too - which is fine. The problem is, how do I go inside a directory (with a specific name) inside a zip and extract that directories contents?

My end result will look like:

place/to/extract/files

not!

place/to/extract/folder/files

Ideas?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 15 '13 at 21:39

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I think you'll have to move all the content in the parent directory AFTER unzipping, or use tarbombs...

answered Mar 15 '13 at 21:39

mimipc

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Yes, this is probably the simplest way of solving this problem. Keep doing what you are doing right now and then move the files to the parent directory. You may want to look at this question to learn how to move your files from one directory to another. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2082138/move-all-files-in-a-folder-to-another – vaidik Mar 15 '13 at 21:48

extract the contents of a folder

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