Registered: 2005-05-29
Posts: 149
Loc: The Netherlands
Just discovered the "why" of something that has been giving me some headaches in the past. I use kixcrypt to package a script and some support files but apperently kixcrypt aborts (it says so when I use -d) when a file that it is trying to extract already exists. Any hope that a kixcrypt release with an overwrite option will be released any time soon?
PS.. deleting the tempdir "manually" is not an option (in my case at least)
Registered: 2000-01-24
Posts: 4946
Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK
First I should point out that it doesn't fail, the check and abort are by design
KiXcrypt unpacks into a flat directory, so the check is there to ensure that you don't accidentally trash a file with the same name. As KiXcrypt removes the unpacked files when the primary script completes there is also a danger that you will remove files that you'd rather you didn't.
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Any hope that a kixcrypt release with an overwrite option will be released any time soon?
No.
I've looked in the past at creating a (new) temporary sub-folder for unpacking the files to. If there is enough interest for me to start digging through the old code I may have a look at it again.
However there are quite a few packaging tools already available and the new tokenisation is good enough code obfuscation for most peoples need. I think that it is time for KiXcrypt to retire with a self indulgent smile at a job well done and let the young guns take up the reins.
Registered: 2005-05-29
Posts: 149
Loc: The Netherlands
To ask the obvious, is there a concensus on this board over what other packaging tools are considered the "best' for packaging one or .kix/kx files together with (w)kix32.exe and some other support (.exe) files?
