How to create self extracting archives from the command-line ?

Claude Renaud

We can do many things from the command-line with Pacl but at the moment we can’t create zip/cab self extracting exe files from this command line set of tools : is it planned for a next version of PACL ?

TBGBe

A request is already in PACL Wishlist
http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196

ivan

You can use PowerArchiver.

Powerarc -tosfx file.zip

or

powerarc -tosfx file.cab

Claude Renaud

@ivan:

You can use PowerArchiver.

Powerarc -tosfx file.zip

or

powerarc -tosfx file.cab

Where this switch is mentionned in PA’s help. Could it be possible to include in the help the list of switches which could used from the command -line ?

Greetings,

–

Claude Renaud

ivan

Actually it is mentioned in PA Help;) Go to PA Help -> Details -> Command Line Options.

But fortunatelly this swich is there because it is needed by PA shell extensions, but for all other compression/decompression stuff we recommend PACL.

TBGBe

@Claude:

we can’t create zip/cab self extracting exe

@ivan:

Actually it is mentioned in PA Help;) Go to PA Help -> Details -> Command Line Options.

No it isn’t. Help only mentions

If the archive is a ZIP file POWERARC -tosfx “filename.ext”

there is no mention of cab files (or any other sfx format) except zip.

… for all other compression/decompression stuff we recommend PACL.

The original question was about using PACL and not PowerArchiver.

According to manual.txt - SFX from PACL is not possible (at the moment).