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		13of40 on Nov 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who invented file extensions in file names? My favorite is storing a batch file uncompressed as the first entry in the ZIP archive, because you can rename it with .BAT or .CMD and run it. Sprinkle in some PowerShell and you can make a self extracting archive/installer.

gsich on Nov 2, 2023 [–]

Common Linux way of installing non-repo stuff (.sh with gzipped content at the end)

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