From: Jason Roelofs Date: 2007-09-29T05:00:36+09:00 Subject: Re: Running Ruby code from a ZIP file ? ------=_Part_1534_25151526.1191009636166 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 9/28/07, Konrad Meyer wrote: > > Quoth Ruby Maniac: > > I would like to run Ruby code from a ZIP file directly rather than > > extracting the contents of the ZIP into a folder and run from there. > > > > I am familiar with the work done by this person: > > > > http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/tar2rubyscript/index.html > > http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/distributingrubyapplications/index.html > > > > However I find those techniques to be too limiting for my purposes. > > > > Eventually I would want to be able to run Ruby code from an encrypted > > ZIP file as a Windows app - I don't care about Linux or Unix as there > > are methods for getting Windows apps running from Linux or Unix > > natively (see also WINE). > > That's... not the best assumption. > > > The work of erikveen (see above) is interesting only because that > > approach does not attempt to make the Ruby source code encrypted only > > to misdirect the novice user from the actual location of the source > > code while the app is running however if the user happens to go poking > > around their temp folder while the app is running they get to see the > > Ruby source and this is unacceptable to me. > > > > I would have thought someone might have done this already however so > > far I have not been able to find that someone. > > > > BTW - Python allows this already in version 2.5.1 aside from the being > > encrypted part. > > You obviously love Python. If python is the-right-tool-for-the-job use it. > If > ruby is, use it, and live with the consequences. > > Regards, > -- > Konrad Meyer http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/ > > With the name "Ruby Maniac", you'd think there'd be less complaining about the Ruby language... Anyway, this is dangerously close to double-posting. Please keep topics together and don't start a new thread just because another one isn't getting quite the answers you're looking for. Jason ------=_Part_1534_25151526.1191009636166--