Re: Off topic, sending binary files

2017-04-10 Thread Peter Mew via 4D_Tech
This what I ended up doing . Created a dummy app Put the binary in the extras folder. Compiled it Zipped it Sent it by Wetransfer This seemed to work. Thanks for all the suggestions. Platypus looks interesting Thanks -pm Sent from my iPad > On 10 Apr 2017, at 15:37, James Crate via 4D_Tech <4d_t

Re: Off topic, sending binary files

2017-04-10 Thread James Crate via 4D_Tech
On Apr 9, 2017, at 7:09 AM, Peter Mew via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > I want to send a small Mac binary file to a friend. > [snip] > The binary is a command line program called scanimage, which allows me to > interface with a flatbed scanner from 4D using LEP, and works very well. If

Re: Off topic, sending binary files

2017-04-09 Thread Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
Batchmod > Hi > I turn to your combined wisdom, because I don't know where else to go. > I want to send a small Mac binary file to a friend. > All the methods I've tried so far result in the unsetting of the > executable bit. > I know this can be reset using chmod +x, but he is reluctant to use

Re: Off topic, sending binary files

2017-04-09 Thread Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech
perhaps you could add another call to LEP that would chmod +x immediate before you call LEP on to execute scamimage... > 2017/04/09 20:09、Peter Mew via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> のメール： > The binary is a command line program called scanimage, which allows me to > interface with a flatbed scann

Re: Off topic, sending binary files

2017-04-09 Thread John DeSoi via 4D_Tech
A disk image might work, but it will still likely be quarantined. You'll have to execute a command to remove that, but I don't think it requires sudo. Applescript Editor and Automater can create stand-along executables. There is also this: https://sveinbjorn.org/platypus John DeSoi, Ph.D. >

Re: Off topic, sending binary files

2017-04-09 Thread Wayne Stewart via 4D_Tech
Peter, Have you tried Keka? (7-zip). He'll need the same at the other end but I've never had issues Wayne On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 at 21:09, Peter Mew via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Hi > I turn to your combined wisdom, because I don't know where else to go. > I want to send a small Mac

Off topic, sending binary files

2017-04-09 Thread Peter Mew via 4D_Tech
Hi I turn to your combined wisdom, because I don't know where else to go. I want to send a small Mac binary file to a friend. All the methods I've tried so far result in the unsetting of the executable bit. I know this can be reset using chmod +x, but he is reluctant to use any terminal command i