NAME

       shcomp - compile a ksh93 shell script

SYNOPSIS

       shcomp [ options ] [infile] [outfile]]

ORIGIN OF THIS MAN PAGE

       This  man  page  was  written  by  Christophe  Martin  <Schplurtz@free.fr>  for the Debian
       GNU/Linux system. It is based on "shcomp --man" output.

DESCRIPTION

       Unless -D is specified, shcomp takes a shell script, infile, and creates a  binary  format
       file,  outfile,  that  ksh93  can  read  and  execute with the same effect as the original
       script.

       Since aliases are processed as the script is read, alias definitions whose value  requires
       variable expansion will not work correctly.

       If -D is specified, all double quoted strings that are preceded by $ are output. These are
       the  messages  that  need   to   be   translated   to   locale   specific   versions   for
       internationalization.

       If  outfile is omitted, then the results will be written to standard output.  If infile is
       also omitted, the shell script will be read from standard input.

OPTIONS

       -D, --dictionary
              Generate a list of strings that  need  to  be  placed  in  a  message  catalog  for
              internationalization.

       -n, --noexec
              Displays warning messages for obsolete or non-conforming constructs.

       -v, --verbose
              Displays input from infile onto standard error as it reads it.

       --man  Displays this man page on standard error and exits.

       --help Shows a short help message and exits.

EXIT STATUS

       0      Successful completion.

       >0     An error occurred.

DEBIAN WARNING

       On  a Debian GNU/Linux system, more than one package may provide ksh. the output of shcomp
       can only be used by ksh93.  Any other ksh will be unable to run the compiled script.

EXAMPLE

       ( echo '#! /bin/ksh93' ; shcomp myscript ) > myscript.bin &&
       chmod 755 myscript.bin
       ./myscript.bin

SEE ALSO

       ksh(1)

IMPLEMENTATION

       version         shcomp (AT&T Labs Research) 2012-02-29
       author          David Korn <dgk@research.att.com>
       copyright       Copyright (c) 1982-2012 AT&T Intellectual Property
       license         http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.html