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- PKSFX Self-Extract Utility
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-
- PKSFX is a program which allows you to create your own
- self-extracting EXE files. Unlike other self-extracting programs,
- PKSFX does not require that the filename of the EXE file be
- manually entered by the user when run, or for the filename to be
- hardcoded into the executable file. This flexibility allows PKSFX
- self-extracting files to be used in automated batch procedures and
- to be renamed at any time.
-
- To create a self-extracting EXE file, follow these steps:
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- 1) Use PKARC to create the archive with the desired files in it.
- 2) Copy the archive file to the end of the file PKSFX.PGM as follows:
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- copy/b pksfx.pgm + archive.arc file.exe
-
- where archive.arc is the full archive name created in step 1.
- file.exe is the name of the file you want to be self extracting, and
- must have an extension of .EXE.
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- PKSFX supports all of the options that PKXARC does, except for the
- 'v' verbose list option. Consult the file PKXARC.DOC for more
- information about PKXARC. In addition, PKSFX should only used with
- archives created by SEA's ARC version 5.0 or later or any version
- of PKARC. Archives created by versions of ARC before 5.0 will not
- extract properly.
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- MAKESFX
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- MAKESFX.COM will create the file PKSFX.PGM as shown above. The
- file PKX35A35.EXE must be in the current directory in order to
- run MAKESFX.COM. Enter
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- MAKESFX
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- at the DOS prompt, and follow the instructions displayed by MAKESFX.
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