On 09/14/2009 06:46 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 17:48 -0700, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > >> outname=selfextractExe.$$ >> >> function unWrapExe() { >> cat <<'EOF' >> <executable> >> EOF >> } >> >> # Do pre-shell stuff >> >> unWrapExe > $outname >> ./outname >> > A few comments on this (I realize it's only a sketch of the code): > > 1) Why declare a function if it has no argument? Just put the code > inline. > 2) You need to make the output file executable ("chmod ...") > 3) The executable isn't ./outname, it's $outname > > poc > Yeah, I messed up for sure but as you said, I was conveying the idea. Still - I wondered why cat/echo would not work under such a scenario when there is ELF code involved. I attempted to look at 'printf' but could not figure it out. How would you do it, really? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines