ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (02/17/91)
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 : ---------- chk4c260.zip Detect compressed executables v2.6 diet10.zip Executable file compressor; DIET v1.00 drx101.zip List axe, lzexe and pklite etc. compressed executables v1.0.1 isl21.zip Another one telling whether file is compressed with lzexe islzexe.zip Tells whether file is compressed with lzexe lzeshl30.zip Lzexe shell v3.0 (req's LZEXE v0.91) lzexe91.zip Compress executable programs (good) pklte103.exe PKWare's .exe and .com file compress/uncompress v1.03 pkltebug.txt A report by Duncan Murdoch on some pklte103.exe bugs. tinyprog.zip Exe file compressor (like lzexe) unlzexe5.zip Uncompress an lzexe-compressed file ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
mwizard@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Craig Nelson) (02/17/91)
gnat@milton.u.washington.edu (lbf) writes: >I have a feeling that this question gets asked 100's of times, but I simply >don't have time to read *every* article... >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 >a PD program that will do this? >Please e-mail to me--I appreciate your help :-) Depends on what your running. UNIX ? can't help you there. DOS ? somewhere out there is a BBS with your name on it and a recent version of PKWare's PKZIP, usually denoted as PKZ110.EXE. It is a self extracting zip and has all necessary components to create your own. Pay special attention to the ZIP2EXE.EXE program included. Thats the magic man you seek. If you can't find it, send me mail, I'll get it for you. Craig Nelson (money and a fool are soon partying)
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (02/18/91)
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 There are several programs which create self-extracting archives, and it has been suggested that cbip use one, so we wouldn't have to send out an extractor. It was considered too dangerous with regard to viruses (and that was several years ago). -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
dave@tygra.UUCP (David Conrad) (02/18/91)
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:<msdos.zoo> -------------- zoo201.exe creates .zoo archives sez230.arc makes self-extracting .exe from .zoo pd:<msdos.zip> -------------- 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
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (02/18/91)
In article <1991Feb18.084053.9512@tygra.UUCP> dave@tygra.UUCP (David Conrad) writes: : >Er, Timo, I don't think that's what the person was looking for. >The question was about self-extracting archives. Try these: ... a good list followed ... You may be right. Anyway, there is one more alternative for making self-extracting archives, that is /pc/arcers/lha113de.exe. Lharc makes probably the tightest self-extracting archives. (I haven't yet looked what /pc/pd2/lha205j.exe does or achieves in this respect). ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun