sfx (Self Extracting Archive)

sfx is Go package that allows creating Self Extracting Archive (sfx) for Windows.

Usage

This package provides a bundler which append an archive into an sfx bootstrapper.

$ copy sfx.exe dest/myprogram.exe
$ bundler.exe -exe dest/myprogram.exe -dir myarchivedir -compress 9 -id myprogramid

SFX bootstrappers

This package provides two SFX bootstrappers:

• sfx.exe: Silent SFX boostrapper
• sfxv.exe: Verbose SFX bootstrapper

Bundler options

Run bundler -h to print usage help :

Option	Type	Description
-args	string	arguments to pass to executable
-compress	int	The program to run in the project directory.
-dest	string	The absolute destination path to extract project in (default: temp).
-dir	string	The directory to bundle into sfx. (default "project")
-exe	string	The program to bundle the project in. (default "sfx.exe")
-id	string	The unique ID for this package. (default "co.touchify.sfx")
-run	string	The program to run in the project directory (default: auto-detect).
-v	boolean	Enable program output.
-version	string	The program version to check for updates. (default 1.0.0)

License

MIT

Changelog

• 1.0.0: Initial release
• 1.0.1:
  • Append Microsoft Windows File Properties/Version Info to sfx.exe and sfxv.exe using goversioninfo.
  • This allows File Properties/Version Info modification via tools like rcedit.
• 1.0.2:
  • Append arguments passed to sfx.exe to bundled executable.
  • Use sfx.exe modification time instead of archive ones.
  • Use ldflags to reduce sfx.exe size.
• 1.0.3:
  • Add Mac OS X Bundler target.
  • Improve publish configuration.