Robert, Upx.
<http://upx.sourceforge.net/> -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- % upx --help Ultimate Packer for eXecutables Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 UPX 1.24w Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer & Laszlo Molnar Nov 7th 2002 Usage: upx [-123456789dlthVL] [-qvfk] [-o file] file.. Commands: -1 compress faster -9 compress better --best compress best (can be very slow for big files) -d decompress -l list compressed file -t test compressed file -V display version number -h give this help -L display software license Options: -q be quiet -v be verbose -oFILE write output to `FILE' -f force compression of suspicious files --no-color, --mono, --color, --no-progress change look Backup options: -k, --backup keep backup files --no-backup no backup files [default] Overlay options: --overlay=copy copy any extra data attached to the file [default] --overlay=strip strip any extra data attached to the file [dangerous] --overlay=skip don't compress a file with an overlay Options for dos/exe: --8086 make compressed exe work on any 8086 --no-reloc put no relocations in to the exe header Options for dos/com: --8086 make compressed com work on any 8086 Options for dos/sys: --8086 make compressed sys work on any 8086 Options for djgpp2/coff: --coff produce COFF output [default: EXE] Options for watcom/le: --le produce LE output [default: EXE] Options for win32/pe & rtm32/pe: --compress-exports=0 do not compress the export section --compress-exports=1 compress the export section [default] --compress-icons=0 do not compress any icons --compress-icons=1 compress all but the first icon --compress-icons=2 compress all but the first icon directory [default] --compress-resources=0 do not compress any resources at all --strip-relocs=0 do not strip relocations --strip-relocs=1 strip relocations [default] file.. executables to (de)compress This version supports: dos/exe, dos/com, dos/sys, djgpp2/coff, watcom/le, win32/pe, rtm32/pe, tmt/adam, atari/tos, linux/386 UPX comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `upx -L'. -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- Randall Schulz At 17:01 2003-03-03, Robert Citek wrote: >At 07:27 PM 3/3/2003 -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >>> I'm still getting my feet wet with the Cygwin sources, CVS, patch, etc. >>> For example, I downloaded the setup module and compiled it. Instead of a >>> ~100 K file, mine was ~10 MB. It seems to work, but obviously, I did >>> something wrong. Or is being off by 2 orders of magnitude "close enough?" >> >>"man strip". > >Will do. > >>FYI, the stripped mingw-compiled setup.exe is just over 700k. > >Hmmm. The one I downloaded from the web to do the Cygwin install was only >about 170k. How do I create that one? > >Regards, >- Robert -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
