I have an exe that has been wrapped using this method: http://www.kocjan.org/tclmentor/10-tclkits-building-standalone-tcl-binaries.html
Is there any way to unpack it back into a .kit file or a vfs structure?
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A:
You need to use the sdx tool, downloadable in kit form from equi4. For example, to list the contents of a starkit:
tclkit sdx.kit lsk $yourfile.kit
And to unpack it (into a directory called yourfile.vfs; you can't control that):
tclkit sdx.kit unwrap $yourfile.kit
Starpacks work just the same as starkits in the above, but end up also listing or unpacking a copy of Tcl's support files (plus the other packages that were already in the tclkit used to build the pack) too.
Donal Fellows
2010-09-24 07:54:03
I tried that, it's an exe now, not a kit. I need to turn it from an exe into a kit.
download
2010-09-24 21:56:17
Well, `unwrap` unwraps both kits and exes (provided they're starpacks; it can't unwrap non-starpacks!) after which it is up to you to then remove the bits you don't want in the kit and `sdx wrap` them back up again into a kit archive.
Donal Fellows
2010-09-24 22:13:32
I assumed that they were Starpack as I don't know of any other way to wrap Tcl/Tk code into an EXE. Do you know of any other ways?
download
2010-09-24 22:45:14
@download: There are indeed other ways. Ask that as a separate full question!
Donal Fellows
2010-09-25 08:25:27