It doesn't have to be a zip archive. It could be a ??? archive just as long as the output exe file will decompress on windows. Here's an example. I have four files on my linux box. I need to compress these into a password protected archive then make it executable. This excutable will then be used by various clients on there windows pcs. If there's a way to do with with free or open source software I'm all for it. Doesn't matter if I have to go through 15 steps as long as the result works.
Brett
>>> kd4e@arrl.net 08/31/01 11:59AM >>>
There is an awesome compression utility called DjVu at
http://www.djvu.com/ ... blows away the rest in compression
effectiveness.
Don't know why it isn't being used more ... it is Linux-native!
(Sure, Zip is more common ... but ..)
Doc
> Your best bet is PKZIP for UNIX, which is the standard that all .zip
> compressions are based on: http://www.pkware.com/downloads/pkzipu251d.html
> The downside being that PKZIP is shareware and I believe it requires
> registration to create self-extracting zipfiles.
> Matt
>
>
> I noticed that zip on linux can create a zipped file with a password. But
> does anyone know if it or any other software can make a zip file
executable
> so that when Win blow users click on it it will automatically open it?
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