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From: "Stephan Diestelhorst" <syon AT topmail DOT de>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
References: <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1001129103659 DOT 10519I-100000 AT is>
Subject: Re: RHIDE: Running anothr prog after compiling...
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 17:07:33 +0100
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Hi Eli and all you Gnu-folks out there,
  thanks for your answer.
> One way to do this is to modify your `lib/specs' file.  It already
> instructs GCC to run an additional program (stubify.exe) right after
> the linker finishes.
>
> Beware: the `specs' file has a cryptic syntax, and if you modify it
> incorrectly, you can totally screw up your DJGPP installation!

Oh my god, you're absolutely right... :-(

> So I'd suggest to try to find another solution for your original
> (undisclosed) problem.  Perhaps if you explain what that problem is,
> someone could suggest a different way of solving it, one that doesn't
> require external programs being run after linking.

My problem is (but I think this can't be solved WITHOUT "postprocessing" the
generated exe), that I have a tiny self written app,
that scrambles some part of the EXE file, very easy algorithm, but I don't
like all that ASCII-Strings and other stuff in my EXE to be
seen for free :-)

I just hoped that there was a lets say "hidden" switch in RHIDE, to call
another prog after invoking the compiler...
Is there one? Should I build my own RHIDE? Perhaps I could write some code,
which calls the original gcc and then performs the
scrambling and replace gcc.exe with it....
mhmmm, could be working...

So, again thanks for your superfast response, and thanks in advance for any
additional comment.
Stephan