From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 31 16:23:44 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C5D0106566C for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:23:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from legolas@legolasweb.nl) Received: from smtp01.mail.pcextreme.nl (smtp01.mail.pcextreme.nl [IPv6:2a00:f10:101:101:0:25:587:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85E6E8FC13 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:23:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (webmail01.mail.pcextreme.nl [109.72.87.145]) by smtp01.mail.pcextreme.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1EDA7616D; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:23:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.pcextreme.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4B844400BB; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:23:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from 83.87.227.42 (SquirrelMail authenticated user legolas@legolasweb.nl) by webmail.pcextreme.nl with HTTP; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:23:37 +0100 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <0EE458C34045A44DBC2CA2DC5CEB42B525739631D3@mercury.universe.galaxy.lcl> References: <0EE458C34045A44DBC2CA2DC5CEB42B525739631D3@mercury.universe.galaxy.lcl> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:23:37 +0100 From: legolas@legolasweb.nl To: "Graeme Dargie" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: "FreeBSD Questions \(freebsd-questions@freebsd.org\)" Subject: Re: zip to exe utility X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:23:44 -0000 > Hi All > > I have spent a good while looking for a utility that needs to perform a > very specific task, I need to take a zip file and convert it in to > self-extracting archive that can be distributed to Windows client > machines. > > There are some specific requirements that it has to fulfil:- > > Specify the extraction location when the file is created e.g. > e:\foldername > The extraction process needs to be able to operate silently with no end > user interaction. > > I have had a trawl through the archiver ports and nothing obvious stood > out to me as fitting the bill. > Not from the ports tree, but seems to work: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/818482/creating-a-self-extracting-zip-archive-on-a-linux-box