> [...] I have a ZIP file whose contents are in turn 4 ZIP > files named LISP.{A,B,C,D}, [...] Eh? What makes the "LISP.{A,B,C,D}" files "ZIP files"? As usual, copy+paste of actual command output (like, say, "unzip -l whatever.zip", might be more useful than your (vague) description of what's where.