On 30 Aug., 06:26, Scott David Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
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> > Another option is to search through the file from the beginning
> > looking for whatever signature matches the beginning of a
> > "normal" zip file. The self-extracting zipfiles that I've
> > dis
On 29 Aug., 15:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Aug 29, 6:53 am, Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > I try to read (and extract) some "self extracting" zipefiles on a
> > Windows system. The standard module zipefile seems not to be able to
> > handle this.
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> > >>> fName = r
Grant Edwards wrote:
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> Another option is to search through the file from the beginning
> looking for whatever signature matches the beginning of a
> "normal" zip file. The self-extracting zipfiles that I've
> dissected are just an executable image concatenated with a
> "normal" zipfile. If yo
On 2007-08-29, Hyuga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I try to read (and extract) some "self extracting" zipefiles
>> on a Windows system. The standard module zipefile seems not to
>> be able to handle this. [...]
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> First of all, there's really no such thing as a "self
> extracting zipefile".
Perh
First of all, there's really no such thing as a "self extracting
zipefile". I mean, obviously you have to do something to unzip it. A
file doesn't just execute itself. What you're dealing with is not a
_zip file_. It's an executable that has a zip file bundled with it,
and the code to unzip it,
On Aug 29, 6:53 am, Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to read (and extract) some "self extracting" zipefiles on a
> Windows system. The standard module zipefile seems not to be able to
> handle this.
>
> >>> fName = r"C:\tmp\mySelfExtratingFile.exe"
> >>> import zipfile
> >>> zipefi
Hi,
I try to read (and extract) some "self extracting" zipefiles on a
Windows system. The standard module zipefile seems not to be able to
handle this.
>>> fName = r"C:\tmp\mySelfExtratingFile.exe"
>>> import zipfile
>>> zipefile.is_zipfile(fName))
False
Is there a wrapper or has some one exper
