dotrun-files

what’s a .run file

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• basically just a tar file

• it’s called self-extracting, self-executing tar files

• used for software installation on unix-like systems

• not binary file, it’s a series of installation scripts packaged into a single executable file

• .run files can be extracted to see its content inside, can even be less-de

  • less installer.run
  • and of course, you can vim it

• options can be passed in, like ./installer.run --help

  • i mean, it’s just shell script

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