This is the Windows app named sfxcompress whose latest release can be downloaded as sfxcompress.tar.gz. It can be run online in the free hosting provider OnWorks for workstations.
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sfxcompress
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DESCRIPTION
The utility sfxcompress is a bash script used to pack and encrypt the current directory on a self-extracting file. It also includes the calculation of the MD5 function to check if the compressed file is correct.
Features
- It packs and encrypts (if the user wants) the current directory on a self-extracting archive.
- The file generated can be deflated on any UNIX/Linux standard platform.
- It stores the creation timestamp as metadata, and shows it when deflated.
- It stores the MD5 cheksum, and shows it when deflated.
- The user can choose the type of compression: bzip2, gzip or 7zip.
- If the file .exclude exists in the currente directory, the script will exclude the files given (wildcards allowed).
- It uses the GNU PG encryption algorithm.
User interface
Command-line
Programming Language
Unix Shell
Categories
This is an application that can also be fetched from https://sourceforge.net/projects/sfxcompress/. It has been hosted in OnWorks in order to be run online in an easiest way from one of our free Operative Systems.
