← Back to context Comment by fallat 5 months ago A format requiring a program to decode is nuts. Might as well bundle 7zip with every zip file. 4 comments fallat Reply coderatlarge 5 months ago not a bad idea if your average file size is a terabyte and there’s never a sure way to get a clean binary. totetsu 5 months ago Didn’t this used to be done? I’m sure I remember finding .exe zip files and being surprised it wasn’t just a virus. mr_toad 5 months ago Self extracting executables, (zip files with the decoder included) have been around for decades. iceboundrock 5 months ago 7zip has a feature called `7-Zip self-extracting (SFX) archive`.
coderatlarge 5 months ago not a bad idea if your average file size is a terabyte and there’s never a sure way to get a clean binary.
totetsu 5 months ago Didn’t this used to be done? I’m sure I remember finding .exe zip files and being surprised it wasn’t just a virus.
mr_toad 5 months ago Self extracting executables, (zip files with the decoder included) have been around for decades.
not a bad idea if your average file size is a terabyte and there’s never a sure way to get a clean binary.
Didn’t this used to be done? I’m sure I remember finding .exe zip files and being surprised it wasn’t just a virus.
Self extracting executables, (zip files with the decoder included) have been around for decades.
7zip has a feature called `7-Zip self-extracting (SFX) archive`.