Expand: Expands Compressed Files

The MS-DOS-based Expand utility runs from the command line. Type the expand command with the appropriate options as shown in Table 3.18. The syntax of the command is:

expand [–r] source [destination]

Table 3.18 Expand Options

Option	Description
–r	Renames expanded files.
source	Specifies the source file. The asterisk (*) and question mark (?) wildcard characters can be used.
destination	Specifies the destination file or path. The destination can be a folder. If source specifies multiple files and the –r option is not specified, then destination must be a folder.

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