Re: Automate WinZip self-extract
OK.
I had a thorough look at PKzip and a few others - thanks for the leads.
I ended up purchasing a licence for WinZip Self-Extractor 2.2. The help
file has a rather handy list of command line options to choose from.
Works like a charm.
............the re's a bloke I know in Sydney saying to himself " I told
you so ".
Thanks again
Karl
Randy Harris wrote:[color=blue]
> "PleaseStopAdve rtising" <nospam@pcdatas heet.com> wrote in message
> news:gR3kf.2726 $rq3.2036@newss vr19.news.prodi gy.com...[color=green]
> >
> > "Terry Kreft" <terry.kreft@mp s.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:Cm6dnRJIlL FvqQ3eSa8jmw@ka roo.co.uk...[color=darkred]
> > > Ok is that ironic or what, the idea of WinZip was to get a way from the
> > > command line run PKZip et al and now they bring out command line support[/color]
> > for[color=darkred]
> > > winzip.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Terry Kreft
> > >[/color]
> >
> > Ironic indeed. Phil Katz (PKzip) owned the market for years, long before
> > WinZip or even Windows. But they were very slow to put a GUI on it when
> > people began to become accustomed to Windows. That opened the door for
> > WinZip.
> >
> > The WinZip command line tools are not new, however. They have never[/color]
> bundled[color=green]
> > them with WinZip but have been available for licensed WinZip users for
> > years.
> >
> > The tool that the OP needs has been included with PKzip almost from the
> > beginning. It's called zip2exe. It runs from the command line and simply
> > creates a self extracting zip from a zip file.
> >
> > Note to OP - there are some "freeware" versions of zip2exe floating[/color]
> around.[color=green]
> > I'm not certain if they are really freeware or zip2exe PKzip rip-offs.
> >
> > Randy[/color]
>
> Oops. I don't seem to know one account from another. Sorry.
> Randy Harris[/color]
OK.
I had a thorough look at PKzip and a few others - thanks for the leads.
I ended up purchasing a licence for WinZip Self-Extractor 2.2. The help
file has a rather handy list of command line options to choose from.
Works like a charm.
............the re's a bloke I know in Sydney saying to himself " I told
you so ".
Thanks again
Karl
Randy Harris wrote:[color=blue]
> "PleaseStopAdve rtising" <nospam@pcdatas heet.com> wrote in message
> news:gR3kf.2726 $rq3.2036@newss vr19.news.prodi gy.com...[color=green]
> >
> > "Terry Kreft" <terry.kreft@mp s.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:Cm6dnRJIlL FvqQ3eSa8jmw@ka roo.co.uk...[color=darkred]
> > > Ok is that ironic or what, the idea of WinZip was to get a way from the
> > > command line run PKZip et al and now they bring out command line support[/color]
> > for[color=darkred]
> > > winzip.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Terry Kreft
> > >[/color]
> >
> > Ironic indeed. Phil Katz (PKzip) owned the market for years, long before
> > WinZip or even Windows. But they were very slow to put a GUI on it when
> > people began to become accustomed to Windows. That opened the door for
> > WinZip.
> >
> > The WinZip command line tools are not new, however. They have never[/color]
> bundled[color=green]
> > them with WinZip but have been available for licensed WinZip users for
> > years.
> >
> > The tool that the OP needs has been included with PKzip almost from the
> > beginning. It's called zip2exe. It runs from the command line and simply
> > creates a self extracting zip from a zip file.
> >
> > Note to OP - there are some "freeware" versions of zip2exe floating[/color]
> around.[color=green]
> > I'm not certain if they are really freeware or zip2exe PKzip rip-offs.
> >
> > Randy[/color]
>
> Oops. I don't seem to know one account from another. Sorry.
> Randy Harris[/color]
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