From: mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Smaller distribution archives
Date: 14 Nov 1996 16:19:22 GMT
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Malcolm Taylor (malcolm AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz) wrote:

: Thought of this a while ago, a script with at least query boxes (so 
: you can ask for directories) a few variables to set up directories 
: etc. This could be stuck somewhere in the archive near the beginning 
: (in fact at the beginning) and accessed by the SFX code.

How about making it check for a command file in the root of the archive 
(e.g. autoexec.msh) and, if found, perform actions in this file (e.g. 
create a temp directory, unzip a setup exe into it, then run the setup, 
which allows the user perhaps to selectively install files, choose a base 
directory, etc.). I'm not sure how the setup.exe would return this 
information to MASH - maybe another file in the temporary directory 
(which would be removed on exiting, of course).

--
George Foot

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