Join 2 files

[DaveO]

Hi

I am trying to create a self extracting zip file ( on my Linux web server )
that will ultimately run on a windows OS.

Research to date indicates that I need to create a zip file and then join it
together with a win32 based sfx header stub ( which I have ).

The resulting file can then be run on a windows OS, with the sfx stub
running first and extracting the data from the zip file.

Question is : how can I join the 2 files together into a new file ?

Regards
Dave

[Roy Kaldung]

DaveO schrieb:

Hi

I am trying to create a self extracting zip file ( on my Linux web server )
that will ultimately run on a windows OS.

Research to date indicates that I need to create a zip file and then join it
together with a win32 based sfx header stub ( which I have ).

The resulting file can then be run on a windows OS, with the sfx stub
running first and extracting the data from the zip file.

Question is : how can I join the 2 files together into a new file ?

You could use the zip command via exec. For details see the manpage of
zip: http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/zip1.html

hth, Roy

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[Toby A Inkster]

DaveO wrote:

Question is : how can I join the 2 files together into a new file ?

Google: "man cat"

cat file1 file2 >outfile

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[Toby A Inkster]

DaveO wrote:

I am trying to create a self extracting zip file ( on my Linux web server )
that will ultimately run on a windows OS.

PS: Windows XP has unzipping capabilities built into it. XP market share
within the Windows market is at about 85-90%.

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