Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!umich!sharkey!tygra!dave From: dave@tygra.UUCP (David Conrad) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Self-extracting Archives? Message-ID: <1991Feb18.084053.9512@tygra.UUCP> Date: 18 Feb 91 08:40:53 GMT References: <16559@milton.u.washington.edu> <1991Feb17.081325.4528@uwasa.fi> Organization: CAT-TALK Conferencing System, Detroit, MI Lines: 50 In article <1991Feb17.081325.4528@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes: >In article <16559@milton.u.washington.edu> gnat@milton.u.washington.edu (lbf) writes: >: >>I am looking for a compression program that gives me an executable file >>so that I don't have to send the compressor with the disc. Isn't there >: > >execomp : >---------- >[...lots of lzexe-type programs...] >................................................................... >Prof. Timo Salmi Er, Timo, I don't think that's what the person was looking for. The question was about self-extracting archives. Try these: pd: -------------- zoo201.exe creates .zoo archives sez230.arc makes self-extracting .exe from .zoo pd: -------------- pkz110eu.exe creates .zip archives, makes .exe from .zip These are both available from WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL via anonymous ftp, or from listserv@vm.ecs.rpi.edu with the /pdget command, but someone on the net has more complete instructions than I could give, and they'll probably post them again soon. zoo201.exe and pkz110eu.exe are themselves self-extracting archives. Having obtained these, here are commands which would produce an .exe file containing all files beginning with the letter 'Q' in the current directory; pkzip: pkzip -a arc q*.* zip2exe arc sex zoo: zoo -a arc q*.* sez arc sex The first set of commands would first create arc.zip, then sex.exe, whereas the second would create arc.zoo and sex.exe. -- David R. Conrad | "Please excuse me tygra!dave@sharkey.cc.umich.edu | if I don't quite understand, tygra!dave@uunet.uu.net | I'm just a stranger sharkey!tygra!dave | in Electric Land." -- = CAT-TALK Conferencing Network, Computer Conferencing and File Archive = - 1-313-343-0800, 300/1200/2400/9600 baud, 8/N/1. New users use 'new' - = as a login id. AVAILABLE VIA PC-PURSUIT!!! (City code "MIDET") = E-MAIL Address: dave@DDMI.COM