Included scripts did not encrypt using pp

jowe has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello PerlMonks, I am using

PAR::Packer 1.028
Filter::Crypto 2.07

in a 'Windows 7 (32bit)', 'Strawberry 5.22.0.1' environment.

The task: pp should produce an encrypted executable 'foo.exe' from multiple source files using the following command:

pp -f Crypto -M Filter::Crypto::Decrypt -o foo.exe fool.pl
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'foo.pl' includes other files (foo1.pl, foo2.pl) via 'do'-statements.

foo.exe as an interactive program is being build and executed without any problems. However, during execution I had a closer look at the temporary runtime directory structure. I found, that 'foo.pl' is encrypted whereby the other '.pl'-files (foo1.pl and foo2.pl) are not encrypted at all.

Could you please advise, what to do to have all '.pl'-files encrypted.

Thank you very much for your help - Jo

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Re: Included scripts did not encrypt using pp by GotToBTru (Prior) on Dec 01, 2015 at 17:30 UTC
What in the documentation led you to expect the other programs would be encrypted? Why would you want them to be ? Dum Spiro Spero	[reply]
Re^2: Included scripts did not encrypt using pp by afoken (Chancellor) on Dec 03, 2015 at 00:32 UTC
See also: Uncool Use Of Perl: perl2exe. decompile quick steps, Re: Protection for Perl Scripts, Re^2: Where should I have configuration information in a file or database, Re^3: Code hiding in Perl, and many more. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]
Re: Included scripts did not encrypt using pp (libs aren't scripts) by Anonymous Monk on Dec 01, 2015 at 23:20 UTC
:) Scripts are files you list like `pp ... foo.pl bar.pl baz.pl` they end up in `parfoo.exe/inc/script` and they are crypto encrypted If you just use `pp... foo.pl` only foo.pl is encrypted , the others end up in `parfoo.exe/inc/lib/` and they are not encrypted	[reply]
Re^2: Included scripts did not encrypt using pp (libs aren't scripts) by jowe (Sexton) on Dec 02, 2015 at 11:09 UTC
This is exactly what I expected - but having more than 1 script specified like `pp .... foo.pl foo1.pl foo2.pl` [download] pp will try to generate multiple executables and will fail. I was under the impression that the '-f'-option will decrypt ALL scripts automatically. Maybe I did not understand the pp-syntax in full detail and I overlooked something. Thanks - Jo	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Included scripts did not encrypt using pp (libs aren't scripts) by jowe (Sexton) on Dec 02, 2015 at 18:38 UTC
Let me add one remark: All additional pl-files (foo1.pl and foo2.pl) are subroutines from other applications. That's why there are separate files.	[reply]
Re^4: Included scripts did not encrypt using pp (libs aren't scripts) by Anonymous Monk on Dec 03, 2015 at 00:44 UTC
Re^5: Included scripts did not encrypt using pp (libs aren't scripts) by jowe (Sexton) on Dec 03, 2015 at 10:24 UTC


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