Pete, This is a line from my Compression Tool software. It zips without the .DS_Store files. Item -1 of fld "File" is the name of a file or folder in the current defaultFolder.
put "zip -r" && quote & myZipFile & quote && quote & item -1 of fld "File" & quote && " -x .* *.DS_Store *Icon*" into myShell Installer Maker compresses all embedded files with the compress() function. Compressing the resulting installer again hardly saves any space. The compress() function is very efficient. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Get the extIco2Png external for LiveCode here http://qery.us/1w6 On 10 apr 2012, at 17:25, Pete wrote: > Thanks guys. I was hoping for a way to automate this and a few other steps > involved in getting my app ready for release by using the standaloneSaved > message, that's why I was using the revZIPxxx commands. > > I was also hoping that they would get around the problem I came across with > the built in Mac compress function when the archive is unzipped on a > Windows machine - some unnecessary files are included in the archive - > .dstore if I remember correctly. I found a program named CleanArchiver > that gets around that problem but, once again, makes it difficult to > automate things using an external program. > > I'll give tar a try. > > Pete > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
