How to use an external program as a resource in c/c++ as one program

Asked Apr 23 '20 at 19:47

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Say i have a program zip.exe which compresses a folder on the commandline as follows:

c:\zip.exe folder folder.zip

It creates a file folder.zip

Is it possible to complie zip.exe as a function in c\c++ as one program instead of something like:

system("c:\zip.exe folder folder.zip");

edited Apr 23 '20 at 19:52

drescherjm

asked Apr 23 '20 at 19:47

Ombre

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yes, it is possible – Iłya Bursov Apr 23 '20 at 19:49
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There are plenty of libraries that can be included into your c program, and will be able to create compressed zip files. In general most programs do not bundle executables into themselves(though it is possible). This question is likely to broad for stackoverflow. Try to identify a specific problem you need to solve and ask again – PiRocks Apr 23 '20 at 19:49
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What you need is a compression library. – machine_1 Apr 23 '20 at 19:53
@rici this functionality allows you to execute exe from memory, so you can store exe as bytearray inside of your application and use it – Iłya Bursov Apr 23 '20 at 20:02
@ilya: hmm, ok. – rici Apr 23 '20 at 20:06
You need a library that can do it and include it in your program. Search for `lib`+whatever you want, for example `libzip`. – rustyx Apr 23 '20 at 20:07
There are endless zip DLL's..... – Martin James Apr 23 '20 at 20:22
@IłyaBursov This is was i was look for. thank mate. – Ombre Apr 23 '20 at 20:29

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