From: google@... (Erik Veenstra) Date: 2003-08-21T20:13:24+09:00 Subject: Re: [ANN] Tar2RubyScript "Erik Veenstra" wrote in message news:... > I'm pleased to announce the birth of Tar2RubyScript. > > Tar2RubyScript generates a base64 encoded string from an > existing tar archive and concatenates that string as comments > with another Ruby script. The result is just one file, a > pure Ruby script, containing multiple files, stored as > comments. > > When the generated script (call it 'The Application') is > executed, it splits up into two parts (the script and the > encoded archive), decodes the base64 encoded string to a > temporary tar archive, unpacks the archive to a temporary > directory, jumps to that directory, eventually jumps to an > existing subdirectory, and finally executes init.rb . Et > voila, your application is up and running. > > Because The Application is pure Ruby and no other programs or > libraries are needed (not even tar!), it's easy to distribute > The Application to friends. They don't have to install or > unpack anything but Ruby. > > Tar2RubyScript is meant for distributing applications written > in Ruby, although it can be used for distributing > applications written in other languages, after small > modifications to Tar2RubyScript. > > More information and download on > http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/tar2rubyscript/ . > > gegroet, Erik V. Version 0.1.1 is now available. A little bug concerning file locking under Windows is fixed. gegroet, Erik V.