[aklug] Self-extracting Archive

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I'm trying to create a self-extracting archive/installer by following
some online-instructions, but it doesn't seem to be working. Can anyone
tell me what is wrong with this script?

#!/bin/bash

echo ""
echo "Self Extracting Installer"
echo ""

export TMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/selfextract.1029349304`

ARCHIVE=`awk '/^__ARCHIVE_BELOW__/ {print NR + 1; exit 0; }' $0`

tail -n+$ARCHIVE $0 | tar xzv -C $TMPDIR

CDIR=`pwd`
cd $TMPDIR
./installer.sh

cd $CDIR
rm -rf $TMPDIR

exit 0

__ARCHIVE_BELOW__

I cat a tar.gz archive onto the end of this script, and then execute it
to see if it works. When I run it, it outputs the echo message, but then
ramps my cpu load up to 100% and hangs there until I kill it. When I
kill it, I get this output:

tar: option requires an argument -- C
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
./test.bsx: line 14: ./installer.sh: No such file or directory

I have an overarching perspective of what the script is doing, but my
awk, bash, and tar skills are not very far developed, so I'm not sure
what is going wrong.

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Christopher Howard
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http://theologia.indicium.us

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Received on Fri May 8 15:53:36 2009