Difference between Groovy Binary and Source release?

A source release will be compiled on your own machine while a binary release must match your operating system. source releases are more common on linux systems because linux systems can dramatically vary in cpu, installed library versions, kernelversions and nearly every linux system has a compiler installed. binary releases are common on ms-windows systems. … Read more

Python – create an EXE that runs code as written, not as it was when compiled

After some experiments I’ve found a solution. Create a separate folder source in the main folder of the application. Here will be placed source files. Also place file __init__.py to the folder. Lets name a main file like main_module.py. Add all of its contents as a data files to the py2exe configuration setup.py. Now after … Read more

Why an executable program for a specific CPU does not work on Linux and Windows?

There are many differences. Among them: Executable Format: Every OS requires the binaries to conform to a specific binary format. For Windows, this is Portable Executable (PE) format. For Linux, it’s ELF most of the time (it supports other types too). Application Binary Interface: Each OS defines a set of primary system functions and the … Read more

How can I convert a VBScript to an executable (EXE) file? [closed]

There is no way to convert a VBScript (.vbs file) into an executable (.exe file) because VBScript is not a compiled language. The process of converting source code into native executable code is called “compilation”, and it’s not supported by scripting languages like VBScript. Certainly you can add your script to a self-extracting archive using … Read more

Hide Command Window of .BAT file that Executes Another .EXE File

Using start works for me: @echo off copy “C:\Remoting.config-Training” “C:\Remoting.config” start C:\ThirdParty.exe EDIT: Ok, looking more closely, start seems to interpret the first parameter as the new window title if quoted. So, if you need to quote the path to your ThirdParty.exe you must supply a title string as well. Examples: :: Title not needed: … Read more

How do you avoid over-populating the PATH Environment Variable in Windows?

This will parse your %PATH% environment variable and convert each directory to its shortname equivalent and then piece it all back together: @echo off SET MyPath=%PATH% echo %MyPath% echo — setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion SET TempPath=”%MyPath:;=”;”%” SET var= FOR %%a IN (%TempPath%) DO ( IF exist %%~sa ( SET “var=!var!;%%~sa” ) ELSE ( echo %%a does not … Read more