Using shc-2.4a

[Jose Mosquera]

Hi Pals,

I'm trying to *hide* the content of a standard HP-UX 11.0 script file with a shc-2.4a downloaded from the port: http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Shells

So, to do a simple test, I've created a small command script file, then when I try to compile it "shc -f myfile" *always* show me:
shc Invalid script's first line:
shc: Error 0

I not have previous C language experience.

Can somebody help me?

Rgds,

Jose

[harry d brown jr]

Does "myfile" actually work as a script? How about posting "myfile"??

Make sure you have a valid "shell" execution path one the first line.

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harry

[Jose Mosquera]

Yeap, the script works fine by itself and the content to do a small test is a simple "ls -f" unix command.

[harry d brown jr · Accepted solution]

Jose,

Your script MUST have a valid SHELL execution path. If your script looks like this:

# cat -n ghj
1 ls -f
# /opt/shc/bin/shc -f ghj
shc Invalid script's first line: ls -f

/opt/shc/bin/shc: Error 0
#

Try this:

# cat -n ghj
1 #!/usr/bin/ksh
2 ls -f
# /opt/shc/bin/shc -f ghj
/usr/ccs/bin/ld: (Warning) At least one PA 2.0 object file (ghj.x.o) was detected. The linked output may not run on a PA 1.x system.
#

And I tested it, it works!


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harry