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Script that creates self extracting executable script from tar.gz file.
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#!/bin/sh | |
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then | |
echo "This script creates self extractable executable" | |
echo Usage: $0 TAR.GZ [COMMAND] | |
exit; | |
fi | |
if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then | |
TAR_FILE=$1 | |
fi | |
EXIT_COMMAND=exit | |
if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then | |
EXIT_COMMAND="exec $2" | |
fi | |
SELF_EXTRACTABLE="$TAR_FILE.self" | |
echo '#!/bin/sh' > $SELF_EXTRACTABLE | |
echo 'dd bs=1 skip=`head -3 $0 | wc -c` if=$0 | gunzip -c | tar -x' >> $SELF_EXTRACTABLE | |
echo "$EXIT_COMMAND" >> $SELF_EXTRACTABLE | |
cat $TAR_FILE >> $SELF_EXTRACTABLE | |
chmod a+x $SELF_EXTRACTABLE |
Thanks Alex, works very well.
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Blog post that explains the script.
http://alexradzin.blogspot.co.il/2015/12/creating-self-extracting-targz.html