Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 17:56:11 01/17/04
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On January 17, 2004 at 19:21:35, Geoff wrote: >Hello Bob > >>Are files compacted or zipped on CDs? > >Generally speaking yes they are compacted. For Windows the software CD will >generally have on it the "setup.exe" program (the install wizard itself) and a >bunch of "*.CAB" files >This is short for "Cabinet" file and is essentially Microsoft's version of a Zip >file. > >> >>Also, I wondered whether or not the [unzipped?] file would be the final *.exe >>file or some other intermediate file which "self-compiles" to a larger *.exe >>file. > >No. The installer will basically just decompress the contents of the *.CAB files >and plonk them in the install folder you requested. Nothing as complicated as an >intermediate self compile. > > Regards Geoff Thanks again. My questions were motivated by my [possibly faulty] recollection of a comment made by Bob Hyatt awhile back where he said that the executable of Crafty was very different from . . . something [not the source code]. I thought he was talking about a CD but, come to think of it, Crafty has never been on a CD?! Bob D.
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