touchifyapp / sfx

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

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.