Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:53:50 -0400 From: Andy Harrison <aharrison@gmail.com> To: Sex Maniac <lovememek@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to turn your Perl programs into standalone executables Message-ID: <a22ff29404062302534c8bc7af@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20040623090857.48694.qmail@web21502.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040623090857.48694.qmail@web21502.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:08:57 -0700 (PDT), Sex Maniac <lovememek@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi just want to ask, if I have a perl program, and I > want to turn it into standalone executables/binary. > Question is how ? What programs/packages/ports I must > use ? > > Usually in windows98, I can use PerlApp to Turn your > Perl programs into standalone executables (.exe) > > I don't want my users can see the source program in > .pl > I want my source program is hidden from user and the > others administrators. So I need the executable > file/binary file only. man perlcc Note that, regardless of platform, compiling your perl apps to hide something is a very bad idea. It is very easy to run it through /usr/bin/strings and see bits and pieces of an executable file of any type. With the proper tools, one could even run a disassembler on it. -- Andy Harrison
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