Lua is easy enough to install that you can easily do it remotely. I don’t do anything with Windows, so I don’t know how you would get access to run commands remotely, but it’s easy enough that you could do it entirely remotely.
On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:55:18 PM EST Will Rubin wrote: > I agree, but I won't be allowed to. I'll be called in to fix a problem. > Parked at the machine with the problem, find the problem, create a > script to fix it, and then need to distribute it to other > people/machines that have the same problem. > > --Will > > On 12/6/2016 7:51 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > While this isn’t the right list to discuss this on, it’s not hard to > > install Lua and it’s not hard to put a script on a machine. > > > > On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:50:57 PM EST Will Rubin wrote: > >> Unfortunately, that requires Lua to be on each machine or distributed > >> with the bytecode file. Both of these are showstoppers for me because > >> it's too easy to get the pieces separated. I was hoping for the single > >> file solution. > >> > >> --Will > >> > >> On 12/6/2016 7:39 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >>> You can accomplish that with regular Lua. Instead of running `lua > >>> myFile.lua`, compile `luac myFile.lua`. That will generate a file called > >>> ‘luac.out’ containing Lua bytecode. You can run that code with `lua`. > >>> > >>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:34:14 PM EST Will Rubin wrote: > >>>> I was looking at Terra as a way to create sort of executable Lua > >>>> scripts > >>>> that I could create on arbitrary Windows machines and then distribute > >>>> to > >>>> other Windows machines as needed. A way to bundle Lua in a nice self > >>>> contained manner from, for example, a flash drive. A way to create non > >>>> tamperable scripts, so to speak. > >>>> > >>>> --Will > >>>> > >>>> On 12/6/2016 7:26 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >>>>> If you want to use Terra, you want to interact with C. You’d be > >>>>> calling > >>>>> C > >>>>> library functions, and compiled Terra libraries are compatible with C. > >>>>> > >>>>> LLVM is already part of Terra, don’t worry about LLVM. LLVM does not > >>>>> come > >>>>> with Visual Studio 2013. You just have to have that installed to > >>>>> compile > >>>>> your own executables or libraries. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:25:54 PM EST Will Rubin wrote: > >>>>>> Thought that was referring to if I wanted to interact with C, which I > >>>>>> don't. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> LLMV is not a default part of Windows but may well come with Visual > >>>>>> Studio 2013. Have not idea though. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Well I guess that explains things. Bummer. Was hoping Terra was > >>>>>> complete > >>>>>> and stand alone. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks for the help. > >>>>>> --Will > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 12/6/2016 7:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >>>>>>> Hmm, from the “Getting Started” page: "for Windows you need a copy > >>>>>>> of > >>>>>>> Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 installed” > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> So it does use Windows headers and libs, it seems. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:19:17 PM EST [email protected] wrote: > >>>>>>>> It’s not paths, and LLVM is on Windows. Terra uses LLVM. I don’t > >>>>>>>> think > >>>>>>>> you > >>>>>>>> need to install LLVM separately though, did you install Terra? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:19:34 PM EST Will Rubin wrote: > >>>>>>>>> Path is not it. Just tried a couple. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Still seems that calling saveobj wants to call LLVM, which is not > >>>>>>>>> on > >>>>>>>>> Windows. (llvm: program not executable message on saveobj.) > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> --Will > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On 12/6/2016 7:02 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> You don’t 'install C’, don’t worry about that. You should have > >>>>>>>>>> everything > >>>>>>>>>> you need installed with Terra itself. Are you sure you got the > >>>>>>>>>> same > >>>>>>>>>> error? I just ran exactly what you sent, and it compiled > >>>>>>>>>> perfectly. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> I will say that you’ll want to use printf to show your output, > >>>>>>>>>> unless > >>>>>>>>>> your > >>>>>>>>>> goal is to return the number of arguments + 1. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:58:24 PM EST Will Rubin wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> The example on the first page assumes C is installed. I don't > >>>>>>>>>>> have > >>>>>>>>>>> C > >>>>>>>>>>> installed. That's the question I suppose ... do I need to have a > >>>>>>>>>>> C > >>>>>>>>>>> compiler installed? > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> --Will > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/6/2016 6:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>> Try using a terra function that takes (argc : int, argv : > >>>>>>>>>>>> &rawstring). > >>>>>>>>>>>> The > >>>>>>>>>>>> main method takes an int, the number of arguments, and an array > >>>>>>>>>>>> of > >>>>>>>>>>>> that > >>>>>>>>>>>> many strings. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> This is comparable to the C main method. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> There is a great example of this on the main page of > >>>>>>>>>>>> http://terralang.org/. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:43:40 PM EST Will Rubin wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Lots of them: > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> For example when I type into the REPL > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> terra addone(a : int) > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> return a + 1 > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> end > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> the function is created. > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> typing print(addone(2)) shows the correct answer. > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> then typing terralib.saveobj("addone",{main=addone}) gives: > >>>>>>>>>>>>> llvm: program not executable > >>>>>>>>>>>>> and a stack trace to saveobj > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> (Other error messages are on the other thread I'm on. All seem > >>>>>>>>>>>>> to > >>>>>>>>>>>>> be > >>>>>>>>>>>>> about not finding things I'm now thinking would be in a C > >>>>>>>>>>>>> library > >>>>>>>>>>>>> or > >>>>>>>>>>>>> such.) > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Just tried terralib.saveObj(...) in case there's a case > >>>>>>>>>>>>> sensitivity > >>>>>>>>>>>>> issue. Got error message: > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> [string "stdin"]:1: attempt to call field 'saveObj' (a nil > >>>>>>>>>>>>> value) > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> stack traceback: > >>>>>>>>>>>>> [string "stdin"]:1: in main chunk > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> --Will > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/6/2016 6:33 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> It would help if you could tell us the error. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:33:55 PM EST Will Rubin wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmmm ... just can't get an executable out of Terra. I'm on > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not Linux. Default Windows system. Unzipped Terra as per the > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> documentation. Can get some of the REPL examples to work. 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