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Subject: Re: safe S-EX, Eh? (Self-EXtracting Archives)
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Date: 7 Jan 90 22:32:37 GMT
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From article <1990Jan6.201238.10701@cs.dal.ca>, by silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert):
> but the potential for abuse is enormous.  A special concern is with the
> LHARC archives, whch have tha ability (at least on the PC) to run a
> batch file after extraction.  On the other hand, LHARC archives can be
> read with LHARC, whereas ZOO archives ghenerated with SEZ cannot be
> read, only extracted, so far as I know.

Hmmm... so far, I have been unsuccessful in getting LHARC v1.13 to read its
SFX'es ... it just keeps saying "no file," and I have no idea what that's
supposed to mean.

There's a program called RV (verson 1.21 is what I've seen) which can strip
SFX'es into normal files.  It's the only way I'm willing to look at an LHARC
SFX.  I don't know if it can undo a SEZ file or not.

I'm just waiting for someone to upload an uncompressed virial file and claim
it was an SFX.
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