So you want to give it a try ?

• Download the latest file from the [ downloads ] section
• extract file with tar -zxpvf webdec-0.XX.tar.gz
• cd in to the new webdec directory and type make
• copy the webdec binary into you path(echo $PATH), you may need to su root to do this.
  I use cp webdec /usr/bin , but your distro or preferences may be different.
• Now go download a nice picture from [ webshots ]
• cd to the directory where you downloaded the file.
  Type : webdec filename_you_just_downloaded
• If its all worked out well you should have a new file called filename_you_just_downloaded_NUMBER.jpg
  If the file contains more than one photo each will be extracted and numbered 0 up to the number of photos.

As of version 0.34 webdec supports command line wildcards, this can be used to extract a whole directory of wbz files in one command.

e.g.
jeb9@taupo example $ ls
18940_1600daily.wbz 30526.wbz
jeb9@taupo example $ webdec *.wb* meta
Reading File : 18940_1600daily.wbz ... DONE
Extracted 1 photos
Reading File : 30526.wbz ... DONE
Extracted 1 photos
jeb9@taupo example $ ls
18940_1600daily.wbz 18940_1600daily_0.nfo 30526_0.jpg
18940_1600daily_0.jpg 30526.wbz 30526_0.nfo
jeb9@taupo example $



To extract the meta information use the "meta" command line parameter and the information will be extracted to a file(.nfo) as well as the JPEG image(s).

e.g.
stonkin:example$ ls
18989_1600.wbz webdec
stonkin:example$ ./webdec 18989_1600.wbz meta
Reading File ... DONE
Done, extracted 1 photos
stonkin:example$ ls
18989_1600.wbz 18989_1600_0.jpg 18989_1600_0.nfo webdec
stonkin:example$ cat *.nfo
TITLE:Evening Light, Mt Shuksan, Washington
CREDIT:Lynn Gerig / Roma Stock
COLLECTION:Nature Scenes - Mountains
CATEGORY:Nature Scenes
ALBUM:Mountains
stonkin:example$