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can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

John Meissner — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:57:25 GMT

I have quite a good many scripts I've written and borrowed from others... is there a way to compile or convert or wrap them into a single non-editable binary executable? I'm sure I've seen this posted before but I couldn't find it anywhere.

Re: can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

harry d brown jr — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:59:09 GMT

Sure, but first you have to RE-Write them in "perl" and then do the "perlcc" on them.

live free or die
harry

Re: can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

John Meissner — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:11:13 GMT

I'm in the process of learning perl....
is there an (ahem...) easy way of converting to perl...

I guess I have a lot of reading to do then. I also saw a program by Lone Star called Script-Lock (or was it Lock-Script) that was supposed to convert your scripts into binary executables.... I doubt I'll look into that due to cost... But I do intend to learn perl so I guess this gives me some motivation.

Re: can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

A. Clay Stephenson — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:12:11 GMT

It's not free but it will do the job. ShellLock from Cactus Software.

http://www.cactus.com/products/cactus/shell-lock.html

Re: can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

Pete Randall — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:12:33 GMT

John,

I agree - I've seen it before too but I'll be darned if I can find it now. I seem to remember replies from Olympians saying that it could be done with such and such a compiler.

I'll keep scanning . . .

Pete

Re: can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

Pete Randall — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:17:03 GMT

John,

This is not the one I was thinking of but it's a start:

I agree - I've seen it before too but I'll be darned if I can find it now. I seem to remember replies from Olympians saying that it could be done with such and such a compiler.

I'll still keep scanning . . .

Pete

Re: can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

John Meissner — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:17:09 GMT

right Cactus software... i found the link to that from lone star software... that's where I saw that... .

and if there were a compiler out there that could convert ksh scripts to binary... yahoo... i'll keep my fingers crossed.

In the meantime I think I'll go get a few books on perl. What's a good book to get? Any recomendations?

Re: can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

Pete Randall — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:19:16 GMT

John,

Hohttp://gatekeep.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Shells/shc-2.4a/w about this:

Pete

Re: can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

Pete Randall — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:20:24 GMT

John,

Or should I say, How about this:

http://gatekeep.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Shells/shc-2.4a/

Pete

Re: can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

Pete Randall — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:25:02 GMT

And, as long as I'm beating this thing to death, here's the thread I was thinking of:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xda86402f24d5d61190050090279cd0f9,00.html

Pete

Re: can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

John Meissner — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:47:48 GMT

Great... thanks everyone. I love this forum... I get superb responses to my inquiries in under half an hour. :) Once again thank you. I'll let you guys know how it works out. I'll try it tomarrow

Re: can I make my ksh scripts into binary executables?

Robert Binkley — Wed, 12 Mar 2003 03:53:13 GMT

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