Unzip file uploaded to Azure Websites

Question

I uploaded a zip of my Wordpress site to an Azure website. When I try to FTP in with Winscp it works, but I can\'t use unzip transfer.zip in the command interface.

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Answer 1

Since all answers above explain how to unzip files in a Web App running on Windows, let me add how to unzip in a Linux environment.

Head to https://mysite.scm.azurewebsites.net and select "Bash" ("SSH" is much better/faster to use, but doesn't support unzip or 7za to date):

Now simply type unzip myfile.zip and the files inflates. The process is also printed to the console:

Hope this helps.