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updated plsh (1.20171014 -> 1.20200522)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Wed Jun 29 14:42:01 2022 +0100 (2022-06-29) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/makeself/description.txt Wed Jun 29 14:42:01 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ 1.4 +makeself.sh is a small shell script that generates a self-extractable 1.5 +compressed tar archive from a directory. 1.6 +The resulting file appears as a shell script (many of those have a 1.7 +.run suffix), and can be launched as is. 1.8 +The archive will then uncompress itself to a temporary directory and 1.9 +an optional arbitrary command will be executed (for example an 1.10 +installation script). This is pretty similar to archives generated 1.11 +with WinZip Self-Extractor in the Windows world. 1.12 +Makeself archives also include checksums for integrity self-validation 1.13 +(CRC and/or MD5/SHA256 checksums).