Very often you will want to compress or at least "shell" the created patch files for smooth download or email receipt. Still, files ending in ".utp" won't be handled correctly by all web-servers and most email programs will not handle unknown file types correctly, too. This will be much better for ".exe" patch files, but not completely resolved.
So as this is a rather typical action with BinPatch we have built support for automatic usage of compression into BinPatch. And this is how you handle it:
Specify the default packer: The internal ZIP method is the standard compression method. It does not require any special installation and is 100% compatible with WinZIP, PkZIP and InfoZIP. We recommend using the internal ZIP method for creating your archives. But you may choose any of the common archivers as the default. Once you have installed them in your system's path, use option "-Z=packername" to select it as your default packer. Archiver names supported are InfoZIP, PkZIP, GZIP, RAR, ARJ, JAR and LHA.
Tell GenPatch to pack the created file: Use option "-z" to tell GenPatch to call the default packer after the patch file has been created.
Temporarily override the default packer: If you want to use a packer other than your default packer, you can easily override the default setting, by using "-z=packername" on the command line. It will have higher precedence than option "-Z" and accepts the same packer names.