From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2004-03-10T03:20:04+09:00
Subject: Self-extracting archives.

Hi,

This is a question for people who distribute Ruby programs to folks 
that don't have Ruby.  In particular, Windows users.

How do you do it?

I figure that there must be a way to write a self-extracting archive for 
Windows using tools that are compatible with open source development.

Under Unix I'd use Makeself.  Makeself creates a shell script with binary 
data at the end (corresponding to a .tar.gz archive).  This archive is 
extracted and then Makeself runs any program of your choosing (e.g. the 
installer).  And then cleans up after itself.

Is there some equivalent program for Windows that has a friendly license?

Cheers,
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