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diff --git a/development/shc/README b/development/shc/README index be04109cc4..cfc1c6af02 100644 --- a/development/shc/README +++ b/development/shc/README @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ shc - Shell script compiler -SHC is a generic shell script compiler. It takes a script, which is specified on -the command line and produces C source code. The generated source code is then -compiled and linked to produce a stripped binary. +SHC is a generic shell script compiler. It takes a script, which +is specified on the command line and produces C source code. The +generated source code is then compiled and linked to produce a +stripped binary. -The compiled binary will still be dependent on the shell specified in the first -line of the shell code (i.e shebang: #!/bin/sh or such), thus shc does not -create completely independent binaries. +The compiled binary will still be dependent on the shell specified +in the first line of the shell code (i.e shebang: #!/bin/sh or such), +thus shc does not create completely independent binaries. -shc itself is not a compiler such as cc, it rather encodes and encrypts a shell -script and generates C source code with the added expiration capability. It then -uses the system compiler to compile a stripped binary which behaves exactly like -the original script. Upon execution, the compiled binary will decrypt and -execute the code with the shells' -c option. +shc itself is not a compiler such as cc, it rather encodes and +encrypts a shell script and generates C source code with the added +expiration capability. It then uses the system compiler to compile a +stripped binary which behaves exactly like the original script. Upon +execution, the compiled binary will decrypt and execute the code with +the shell's -c option. |