From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: NetPbm 9.16 for DJGPP
Date: 10 Aug 2001 16:26:08 GMT
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JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org> wrote:
> -: So I created a host of batchfiles ...
> -: and *compiled* them all using Bat2Exec.

> Is there a comparable utility for Unixy shell scripts?

None that I know of.  Duplicating all those arcane quoting rules,
redirection and other effects and whatnot would probably not be worth
the possible gains.  One idea behind Bat2Exec, AFAIK, was that it
rendered the Batchfile unreadable for anybody but a guru.  On Unix,
you have proper file access privilege regulations for that.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.