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# `sfexec` - Self Extracting Executable
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`sfexec` is a simple tool to create archive-like native binaries that extract contents from their static memory to temporary files when ran.
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It is useful for packaging a bunch of binaries into a single one.
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Temporary files are cleaned up after the post-extraction script hook.
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## Example
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``` shell
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$ echo "Hello world!" > file.txt
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$ sfexec-create -e 'cat %location/file.txt' - file.txt
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Writing to /home/avril/work/sfexec/file.h...
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+ test.txt OK
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Adding lengths...
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Adding names...
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- "test.txt" OK
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Compiling binary...
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Complete.
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$ ./sfexec
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Extracting 1 files to "/tmp/eda0bd22-9565-7e3c-e1d0-f7cdff96770e"...
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<- test.txt (13)
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exec: cat /tmp/eda0bd22-9565-7e3c-e1d0-f7cdff96770e/test.txt
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Hello world!
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```
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## Usage
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It comes with 2 scripts, `sfexec-create` and `sfexec-create-compress`. Both take the same arguments:
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| Argument | Description |
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|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
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| `-s` | Silent mode. Do not output anything when extracting |
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| `-e <string>` | Post-extraction hook. See below for details. |
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| `-` | Stop reading argument flags |
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`sfexec-create-compress` compresses the binary with `gzip`, and decompresses when executed.
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### Post-extraction hook
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The post extraction hook is passed to `/bin/sh`, with some input changes:
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| Argument | Usage |
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|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `%location` | The directory root that the files are extracted to |
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| `%argc` | The number of command line arguments passed to `sfexec` |
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| `%argv` | A list of all args passed to `sfexec` |
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| `%arg[n]` | The `n`th argument passed to `sfexec`, if `n` is outside the range of arguments, nothing is replaced. |
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## Building
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To build the `sfexec` binary, g++ is used, along with [sha256_literal] for verifying the post-extraction hook.
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Included in the repo is a pre-built generator binary, signed with [my GPG key] at `generator-v<version>.gpg` with a checksum in `generator-v<version>.sha256`. Alternatively you can build it yourself like so:
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[sha256_literal]: https://github.com/aguinet/sha256_literal
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[my gpg key]: https://flanchan.moe/flanchan.asc
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### Building the generator
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To build the generator yourself, Rust and Cargo are needed.
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``` shell
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$ make clean && make generator
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```
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Will remove the pre-built generator binaries, build the generator, and symlink accordingly.
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## License
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GPL'd with love <3
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