extracting installshield cabs

[undrwater]

I'm attempting to prepare TLJ files for ResidualVM. I got some help from #residualvm regarding finding the x.xarc file, which may be in an archive. I was pointed to the instructions, part of which state:

The 2-CD and DVD versions have some of the data files packed in installer archives. The archives need to be unpacked before they can be used.

There are a few .cab files on the CD:

• _sys1.cab
  _user.cab
  data1.cab

Attempted to extract with a few tools. cabextract told me to use "unshield" to unpack the file. Unshield returns the following:

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unshield x data1.cab 
Cabinet: data1.cab
 --------  -------
          0 files

Looking a bit deeper:

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unshield c data1.cab 
Cabinet: data1.cab
Misc Files
Static Files
Smacker Files
Level Files
Shared DLLs
DXSetup
Program Files
FMV Files
Sound Files
Global Files
-------
10 components

It looks like there's stuff in there. Perhaps I just don't know how to use the tool, and my google-fu is bad. Can anyone help out?

Thanks in advance!

[undrwater]

I resolved my install issue by using wine to install to a wine directory, then moving the necessary files to the residualvm directory.

I'd still be interested if anyone has ideas about extracting CAB files.