Creating software distribution bundle

Basic Software Bundle 

require 'cabriolet'

# Create a software distribution CAB
cab = Cabriolet::CAB::Compressor.new(
  output: 'software-v1.0.cab',
  compression: :lzx,
  compression_level: :maximum
)

# Add application files
cab.add_file('bin/app.exe', 'dist/app.exe')
cab.add_file('bin/config.xml', 'dist/config.xml')
cab.add_directory('lib/', 'dist/lib/')

# Add documentation
cab.add_file('README.txt', 'docs/README.txt')
cab.add_file('LICENSE.txt', 'docs/LICENSE.txt')

# Compress
cab.compress
puts "Created software-v1.0.cab"

Multi-Volume Distribution 

require 'cabriolet'

# Create multi-volume CAB (for CD distribution)
cab = Cabriolet::CAB::Compressor.new(
  output: 'DISK1.CAB',
  max_volume_size: 650 * 1024 * 1024,  # 650 MB per disk
  compression: :lzx
)

cab.add_directory('product/')
cab.compress

puts "Created #{cab.volume_count} volumes"

See also