Thanks Mark, I'll take a look. Pete On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
> Pete, > > This is a line from my Compression Tool software. It zips without the > .DS_Store files. Item -1 of fld "File" is the name of a file or folder in > the current defaultFolder. > > put "zip -r" && quote & myZipFile & quote && quote & item -1 of fld > "File" & quote && " -x .* *.DS_Store *Icon*" into myShell > > Installer Maker compresses all embedded files with the compress() > function. Compressing the resulting installer again hardly saves any space. > The compress() function is very efficient. > > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Get the extIco2Png external for LiveCode here http://qery.us/1w6 > > On 10 apr 2012, at 17:25, Pete wrote: > > > Thanks guys. I was hoping for a way to automate this and a few other > steps > > involved in getting my app ready for release by using the standaloneSaved > > message, that's why I was using the revZIPxxx commands. > > > > I was also hoping that they would get around the problem I came across > with > > the built in Mac compress function when the archive is unzipped on a > > Windows machine - some unnecessary files are included in the archive - > > .dstore if I remember correctly. I found a program named CleanArchiver > > that gets around that problem but, once again, makes it difficult to > > automate things using an external program. > > > > I'll give tar a try. > > > > Pete > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > -- Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode