Self Extracting Compressed Files?
I'm working on the website for our FIRST Robotics Team and I have a few things I need help with. We need a file-upload page, and I understand how to do that but the files that people need to download..... A question is everyone on the robotics team has different machines, For example, half or so use Windows, a handful use Mac, and a handful use Ubuntu Linux. How would I create a self-extracting binary for each:
Windows
Mac OS
Ubuntu Linux
(without buying any software)
I think an option for linux would be two files,
unextract.sh
file.tar.gz
and unextract would take care of unextracting the tar but i'm not sure if that would be an option.
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Um ... if you simply package the uploaded files as pkzip compliant zip files, all three OSes should be able to extract the files without the need to make them executable or install any software.
http://www.pkware.com/documents/casestudies/APPNOT...
If you use LAMP for Web hosting, your copy of PHP should include the zlib library, which will make pkzip compliant archives.
http://us.php.net/manual/en/book.zip.php
that's a perplexing question, in spite of the undeniable fact that to make a bootable CD you choose an .ISO format and mount that on a CD/DVD. I have no thought the coolest thank you to make .ISO records yet i'm particular you're able to discover out how on a google seek.
Have a look at ZipMagic to find if it is now really free and what it does. I have used it for self extracting zip files.
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Compr...