Re^2: PAR (pp) on lots of standalone scripts


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Re^2: PAR (pp) on lots of standalone scripts

by ajwood (Novice)

on Jan 28, 2011 at 16:35 UTC ( [id://884875]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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I'm not looking to get rock-solid encryption, but rather just hide it from mildly curious eyes. I'm just concerned that using pp on everything balloons the installation size. Seems foolish to include a Perl interpreter and every module the script uses *for every script*.

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Re^3: PAR (pp) on lots of standalone scripts
by marto (Cardinal) on Jan 28, 2011 at 17:07 UTC

I was simply commenting on your suggestion of using pp to 'hide' the source, since it extracts everything on execution, and as I pointed out in the other thread I linked to, by default doesn't clean up after itself.

Regarding size you may want to look at simply creating a PAR archive for each script, the topic of reducing bloat is discussed on the par site linked to previously. See also Re: Wisdom about "packaging" or transporting Perl apps from a previous discussion on a similar topic.

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