----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike McMullen" <mlm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 4:58 PM Subject: SOLVED: Creating Self-Extracting Windows ZIP files under FC2 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike McMullen" <mlm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 2:28 PM > Subject: OT: Creating Self-Extracting ZIP files under FC2 > > > > Hi all, > > > > I would like to create a zip archive that would be self-extracting > > under Windows from an FC2 system. > > > > Is this possible? And if so how? I've looked at the man page > > for zip and see the -A option. I've played around with a test > > zip file and can't figure out how to get this to go. > > > > Any help appreicated! > > > > Mike > > > > Well I know it's poor form to answer your own questions. However... > > If you want to create a Windows self-exracting zip archive under linux > this is what you do: > > 1) Download ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/WIN32/wiz502xN.exe > to a WIndows-based PC. This is a Windows based Zip archiver. > > NOTE: This site seems to be very slow. Be prepared to wait. > > 2) Save the executable into a folder of your choice. > > 3) Run the executable. It will extract it's contents into the current > folder by default. > > 4) Find the file named "sfx32.dat". This is the self-extracting stub > you use to create a Windows GUI self-extracting archive. > > 5) Copy this to your linux system. > > 6) In linux create your zip file as you normally do. > > 7) Concatenate the stub file, "sfx32.dat" and your zip file to an .exe file. > Example: cat sfx32.dat myzip.zip > myzip.exe > > 8) Run "zip -A" on the .exe file you just generated. The "-A" tells zip to > adjust offsets to the data past the extractor stub. Example: > > zip -A myzip.exe > myzip.exe: adjusting offsets for a preamble of 86038 bytes > > 9) Access the self-extracting archive from Windows and extract your > heart out. > > 10) Repeat steps 6-9 as needed. > > > What's nice is that this can easily be automated via a script. > > Hope someone besides me finds this useful! > > Mike > I don't know what I was thinking. You don't need to save the wiz502xN.exe to a Windows PC and extract it there. You can save it on your linux system and use zip to extract the files. Then you can grab the "sfx32.dat" file. Mike
