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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:
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:
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.
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.
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
MAKESFX
at the DOS prompt, and follow the instructions displayed by MAKESFX.