perl + script files from only one directory

[magne.nilsen]

Does anyone know if it is possible to configure perl (win) in such a
way that all necessary binary and script files can be run from a
single directory? I have an EXE+DLL+support files packer that can
totally wrap all its files and unpack and run them from a single exe,
as long as all needed files are in the same directory... I can accept
some real temp files being created in the temp directory, but I need
perl to run without having the \in \lib \script etc.etc
subdrectories... I 've seen what the PAR module can do, but that just
unpacks the total structure with subdirs to a temp area... which is
not what I am looking for. Alternatively, is there any alternative
"compilers" that truly compiles absolutely all needed files into a
single EXE ?

Magne

 

[Reinhard Pagitsch]

not what I am looking for. Alternatively, is there any alternative
"compilers" that truly compiles absolutely all needed files into a
single EXE ?

Yes PAR do it also. Use pp.bat to compile the .pl script and the used
modules. The documentation can be found under /perl/html/bin/pp.html

regards,
Reinhard

 

[magne.nilsen]

Yes PAR do it also. Use pp.bat to compile the .pl script and the used
modules. The documentation can be found under /perl/html/bin/pp.html

In my win install there are no pp.bat nor pp.html...
Still, what I've seen from par is a single EXE that when run extracts
a complete perl environment and all files and sundirs to a temp area,
which is the opposite of what I am looking for...

Magne

 

[Reinhard Pagitsch]

In my win install there are no pp.bat nor pp.html...
Still, what I've seen from par is a single EXE that when run extracts
a complete perl environment and all files and sundirs to a temp area,
which is the opposite of what I am looking for...

Hmm, pp.bat is part of the PP module, install the PP module and you have
the pp.bat. On Windows there will be also a single EXE file but there
will be no extraction of the perl environment to a temp file.
Take a look: http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/module/pp.
I am satisfied with the Perl Packager. I use the exe files on servers
where no Perl is installed.
An other option would be perl2exe from http://www.indigostar.com/, but
it is not free. You can download a trial version to show how it works.

Reinhard

 

[magne.nilsen]

Hmm, pp.bat is part of the PP module, install the PP module and you have
the pp.bat. On Windows there will be also a single EXE file but there
will be no extraction of the perl environment to a temp file.
Take a look:http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/module/pp.
I am satisfied with the Perl Packager. I use the exe files on servers
where no Perl is installed.
An other option would be perl2exe fromhttp://www.indigostar.com/, but
it is not free. You can download a trial version to show how it works.

Reinhard

Great, getting closer....

ref: http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/htdocs/PAR-Packer/pp.html#Stand_alone_setup
so - running pp without "--dependent" and with "--gui" is meant to
produce a single win.exe that does not recreate the perl environment
in the temp dir, and also without a win console window ?

Thanks,
Magne

 

[Reinhard Pagitsch]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Once you have your .exe, you can operate on it with AS's exetype.

exetype foo.exe WINDOWS

Great, that I did not know. I will keep it in mind.
Thanks to the authors of PAR and pp.

regards,
Reinhard

 

[magne.nilsen]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Once you have your .exe, you can operate on it with AS's exetype.

exetype foo.exe WINDOWS

should do.

HTH,
Michele
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Hi,

sorry - it still recreates a complete perl subdir structure and more
in:
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Temp\par-UserName
(\inc\lib ++ subdirs and \sript with .pl files)

perl2exe-8.80-Win32 OTOH seems to do it without these things...
so I guess I'll have to trace that route. ($$, but that's OK)

Thanks to all!
Magne