A Linux self-executable and installer based on libtar

mkarchive files...

creates a self extracting archive that, after extracting the files to a temporatry directory, runs a program called 'setup', which should have been archived and which resides at the top level of the directory.

Arguments for the self-extractor

selfextract [args]

args
--help -h   print help and exit.
--tmpdir -t dir  use the directory as temporary directory.
--verbose -v  print extra output
--list        print a list of the files and exit.