executable – Tarik Billa

Executable directory where application is running from?

April 12, 2024 by Tarik

This is the first post on google so I thought I’d post different ways that are available and how they compare. Unfortunately I can’t figure out how to create a table here, so it’s an image. The code for each is below the image using fully qualified names. My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath Environment.CurrentDirectory System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.CodeBase New … Read more

Java command line with external .jar

January 5, 2024 by Tarik

Concatenate each jar file argument to cp with: ; on Windows : on Linux or Mac e.g. java -cp <path>\TOOLS.jar;.;<path>\jar2.jar;<path>\jar3.jar HelloWorld on newer JVMs (6+, I think) you can also use the * to append all JARs in a directory e.g. java -cp .;<path>\*; HelloWorld To go a step further and create a single packaged … Read more

Is there a Perl equivalent to Python’s `if name == ‘main’`?

December 23, 2023 by Tarik

unless (caller) { print “This is the script being executed\n”; } See caller. It returns undef in the main script. Note that that doesn’t work inside a subroutine, only in top-level code.

python: Can I run a python script without actually installing python?

December 16, 2023 by Tarik

I decided to go with cx_Freeze. It created a distro that I was able to simply copy and move to the target machine. Also, it was much easier to use than py2exe; further it seems that it is still being maintained (as of Mar 10, 2011), while py2exe development does not look as active.

How to create a desktop icon with Inno Setup

December 15, 2023 by Tarik

In [Files] section, you install your giotto.ico to the application folder (you may want to install the icon only when the desktopicon task is selected). In [Icons] section, you create the desktop icon using the installed giotto.ico (when the desktopicon task is selected). #define SourcePath “C:\Users\PycharmProjects\GIOTTOconverter\dist” #define MyAppName “GIOTTO” #define MyAppExeName “GIOTTO.exe” #define MyAppIcoName “giotto.ico” … Read more

What are possible causes of “failed to map segment from shared object: operation not permitted”, and how to debug?

December 11, 2023 by Tarik

How To Store Files In An EXE

December 5, 2023 by Tarik

I wouldn’t code my own installer, but if you truely want to embed files into your assembly you could use strongly typed resources. In the properties dialog of your project open up the “Resources” tab and then add your file. You’ll then be able to get the file using: ProjectNamespace.Properties.Resources.MyFile Then you’ll be able to … Read more

Meaning of a Common String In Executables?

December 4, 2023 by Tarik

Interesting question. Since I didn’t know the answer, here are the steps I took to figure it out: Where in the file does the string occur? strings -otx /bin/gzip | grep AWAVAUATUSH 35e0 AWAVAUATUSH 69a0 AWAVAUATUSH 7920 AWAVAUATUSH 8900 AWAVAUATUSH 92a0 AWAVAUATUSH Which section is that in? readelf -WS /bin/gzip There are 28 section headers, … Read more

Where is the difference between “binaries” and “executables” in the context of an executable program?

December 3, 2023 by Tarik

An executable file is one which can be executed; you would run it on the commandline by writing the name of the file itself as the command. On Unix systems, the file’s “executable” flag must also be set. On Windows, the file’s extension must be one of a fixed set of executable file extensions, including … Read more

How to embed a file into an executable?

December 2, 2023 by Tarik

A portable way is to define a function like typedef unsigned char Byte; Byte const* pngFileData() { static Byte const data = { // Byte data generated by a helper program. }; return data; } Then all you have to do is to write a little helper program that reads the PNG file as binary … Read more