Aaron, What I am looking is to distribute the executable only. Not the code. like a compiled C program will generates a.out or jar file in java. Thats all I am looking for.
Someone earlier said to use perlcc. Which I did now. I do not see an executable file. example: $perlcc -o testfile test.pl Did not produce testfile at all. Is there something else I need to do? Thanks in advance. Reggie >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Aaron Christopher Vonderhaar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:58 AM >>>To: Kogulan, Reggie; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Subject: Re: perl program >>> >>> >>> >>>If you use a unix-like system and have some kind of >>>priviledged access, you >>>could try: create a new user, say "perlmaster" >>> >>>chown perlmaster script.pl >>>chmod 700 script.pl # only "perlmaster" can run it >>>(echo "#!/bin/sh"; echo "/path/to/script.pl") > run_the_script.sh >>>chown perlmaster run_the_script.sh >>>chmod 4777 run_the_script.sh >>> >>>making run_the_script.sh setuid "perlmaster", so it can run >>>script.pl, but >>>no other users can access it. Of course, script.pl then >>>runs as "perlmaster" >>>which may not be what you want. There are ways around this >>>that are much much >>>uglier. Personal recommendation is to free the source. >>> >>>Aaron VonderHaar >>>([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >>> >>> >>>> >>>> I am newbie here. I want to know if the perl program code can be = >>>> protected such that noone else sees it. In other words,I >>>have several = >>>> perl codes and want to know if I can put out a file only >>>as executable = >>>> such that the code cannot be seen. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Reggie >>>> >>>> >>> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
