On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:45:37 -0500, Manas Kulkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to convert my perl script into a binary executable before > deploying it on a client machine > > I checked on google and found "perlbin" at sourceforge.net but that > does not seem to work. It gives compilation error with handy.h file > which is the perl distribution file. > > Is there a way to convert perl script to binary executable (linux > platform) so that the code is not seen by the client ? > > Thanks in Advance for the help > > Manas > > --
Manas, This depends to a large extent on how complicated the project is. The place to start, though is taking a look at perldoc perlcc. I compile simple scripts into binaries accoasionally. But there is no good tool to compile complex Perl programs into bytecode, and probably won't be until Perl6, if then. If you really need to hide the code from people, Perl proably isn't what you need, or you need to set up some kind of client-server scheme to run the code on your machine where the user doesn't have read access. HTH, --jay -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
