slackbuilds_ponce/system/makeself/README
Andrew Tkalia 57846f1c77 system/makeself: Added (Make self-extractable archives on Unix)
Signed-off-by: dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>
2013-03-22 07:16:44 -04:00

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makeself - Make self-extractable archives on Unix
makeself.sh is a small shell script that generates a self-extractable
tar.gz archive from a directory. The resulting file appears as a shell
script (many of those have a .run suffix), and can be launched as is. The
archive will then uncompress itself to a temporary directory and an optional
arbitrary command will be executed (for example an installation script).
This is pretty similar to archives generated with WinZip Self-Extractor in
the Windows world. Makeself archives also include checksums for integrity
self-validation (CRC and/or MD5 checksums).