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Article #33731Reading 'install scripts'...
From: Jon W. Backstrom
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1988 17:16
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1988 17:16
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This is a potentially ignorant question, but is it possible to read
the contents of an install script in order to tell what it will do
when it gets executed?
I get install scripts with about every software package I purchase and
I'm never quite sure what the script is doing. If there is a software
tool that reads scripts, I'd like to know about it.
Thanks for any and all information.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!convex!killer!ames!mailrus!iuvax!viking From: viking@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Jon W. Backstrom) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Reading 'install scripts'... Keywords: installer Message-ID: <14298@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Date: 26 Oct 88 17:16:34 GMT Article-I.D.: iuvax.14298 Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Lines: 21