Misc

tools/zip_exec/README.md

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+# zip_exec
+
+Source: https://sourceforge.net/p/galaxyv2/code/HEAD/tree/other/zip_exec/
+Last update: r1761
+
+Original readme further below.
+
+---
+
+## Readme
+
+A program to set the executable flag of a file within a zip archive.
+
+Useful in windows when you need to create zip files with valid
+ executables directly after unpacking on linux or mac.
+
+
+You may need to install vcredist_x86.exe to make it run.
+It can be downloaded from
+http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=29
+
+20210707: removed dependencies in source, only zip_exec.cpp needed now
+
+Example commandline
+
+zip_exec.exe "c:\path to zip\file.zip" "some path/some file in the zip"
+
+
+---
+Note also that to make it work on both mac and linux, unix attributes
+ will be set on ALL files and directories.
+
+Directories  drw-r--r--
+Executables  -rwxr-xr-x
+Normal files -rw-r--r--