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NAME

6       makeself - An utility to generate self-extractable archives.
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SYNTAX

9       makeself [options] archive_dir file_name label [startup_script] [args]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  program is a free (GPL) shell utility designed to create self-ex‐
13       tractable compressed archives from a directory. The resulting file  ap‐
14       pears  as  a  shell script, and can be launched as is. The archive will
15       then uncompress itself to a temporary directory and an  optional  arbi‐
16       trary command will be executed (for example an installation script).
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18       Makeself  archives also include checksums for integrity self-validation
19       (CRC and/or MD5/SHA256 checksums).
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OPTIONS

22       The following options are supported:
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24       -v, --version  Prints out the makeself version number and exits.
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26       -h, --help     Print out help information.
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28       --tar-quietly  Suppress verbose output from the tar command
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30       --quiet        Do not print any messages other than errors
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32       --gzip         Compress using gzip (default if detected).
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50       --base64       Encode the archive to ASCII in Base64 format instead  of
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53       --gpg-encrypt  Encrypt  the  archive  using GPG. This will prompt for a
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59       --keep-umask   Keep  the  umask set to shell default, rather than over‐
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62       --compress     Compress using the UNIX 'compress' command.
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66       --complevel lvl
67                      Specify the compression level for gzip,  bzip2,  pbzip2,
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70       --threads num  Specify  the number of threads to be used by compressors
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73       --tar-format opt
74                       Specify the tar archive format (default is ustar);  you
75                      may  use any value accepted by your tar command (such as
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79                      Append more options to the tar command line.
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81       --notemp       The archive will create archive_dir in the  current  di‐
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84       --copy         Upon extraction, the archive will first copy itself to a
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87       --append       Append more files to an existing makeself  archive.  The
88                      label and startup scripts will then be ignored.
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90       --current      Files  will  be extracted to the current directory. Both
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93       --target dir   Extract directly to a target directory.  Directory  path
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101       --cleanup file Specify  a cleanup script that executes on interrupt and
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104       --follow       Follow the symlinks in the archive.
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113       --nowait       Do not wait for user input after executing embedded pro‐
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122       --lsm file     LSM file describing the package.
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124       --license file Append a license file.
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127                      Use provided string as the packaging date instead of the
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131       EXAMPLES
132              Here is an example, assuming the user has a package image stored
133              in a /home/joe/mysoft, and he wants to generate a  self-extract‐
134              ing  package  named  mysoft.sh,  which  will  launch the "setup"
135              script initially stored in /home/joe/mysoft:
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137       makeself.sh /home/joe/mysoft mysoft.sh "Joe's  Nice  Software  Package"
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140       Here  is also how I created the makeself.run archive which contains the
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143       makeself.sh --notemp makeself makeself.run "Makeself by Stephane Peter"
144       echo "Makeself has extracted itself"
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AUTHORS

147       Makeself  has been written by Stephane Peter <megastep@megastep.org>.
148       This man page was originally written by  Bartosz  Fenski  <fenio@o2.pl>
149       for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but it may be used by others).
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