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archive that, after extracting the files to a temporatry directory, runs a program called 'setup', which should have been archived and which resides at the top level of the directory.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