How to extract a windows cabinet file in python

Question

Is it somehow possible to extract .cab files in python?

Answer 1

Not strictly answering what you asked, but if you are running on a windows platform you could spawn a process to do it for you.

Taken from Wikipedia:

Microsoft Windows provides two command-line tools for creation and extraction of CAB files. They are MAKECAB.EXE (included within Windows packages such as 'ie501sp2.exe' and 'orktools.msi'; also available from the SDK, see below) and EXTRACT.EXE (included on the installation CD), respectively. Windows XP also provides the EXPAND.EXE command.