Re: SOLVED: Creating Self-Extracting Windows ZIP files under FC2

["Mike McMullen" <mlm loanprocessing net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ow Mun Heng" <Ow Mun Heng wdc com>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list redhat com>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: SOLVED: Creating Self-Extracting Windows ZIP files under FC2


> On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 16:58, Mike McMullen wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Mike McMullen" <mlm loanprocessing net>
> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list redhat com>
> > 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:
> 
> Wow.. Didn't know it could be done. Long steps though..
> 
> But great info
> 
The long part is getting the Windows extractor stub. Once you have that
to use, it's only 3 steps.

Thanks,

Mike