* Yogesh Hasabnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-27 09:05 PST]: > I have an installable CD for an application with the > installable files in the CD being within a .cpio.gz > archive. Is there any way to run the installer script > (say ./runInstaller) from within the .cpio.gz archive > without having to extract the archive to a Hard Disk ?
I vaguely recall that the Windows compression utlity, winzip, can extract a single file out of a zipped file. I don't know if it did this by extracting the whole archive and then copying the file out or was it smarter. I guess, going the 'smart' thing would depend on whether the gzip compression algorithm has any concept of a TOC - table of contents, where it might list offsets of files and their lengths etc. Anyone know? Aseem. -- "Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit" -- Geetanjali ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
