Extract Web Archive?

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gmark - 29 Apr 2007 19:50 GMT

Is there a way to extract individual original files from a Safari web
archive? Like the source from the background, linked files, etc., that
are obviously inside the archive, since you can view the page in its
entirety while off-line?

Is this format common and standard to all browsers? And what is it
similar to? Is it like a Unix tar file, or cpio file? Is there a way
to convert it to one of those standard formats?

Thanks!

Mark

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Gregory Weston - 29 Apr 2007 21:56 GMT

> Is there a way to extract individual original files from a Safari web
> archive? Like the source from the background, linked files, etc., that
> are obviously inside the archive, since you can view the page in its
> entirety while off-line?

Google is your friend. A search for the terms extract and webarchive
turns up useful items in the first page of results.

<http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=extract+webarchive&i
e=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8>

> Is this format common and standard to all browsers?

No. While many browsers will save archived versions of web pages, they
all seem to have their own technique.

> And what is it similar to?

It's similar to the plist files that pervade a Mac OS X installation. As
similar as you can get, in fact.

> Is it like a Unix tar file, or cpio file? Is there a way
> to convert it to one of those standard formats?

Extract using WebArchive Folderizer and then recompress using whatever
format/tool you like.

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Neill Massello - 29 Apr 2007 22:47 GMT

> Is there a way to extract individual original files from a Safari web
> archive?

<http://homepage.mac.com/gweston/macware/waf.zip>

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