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"""Command-line tool for making self-extracting Python file.

Call this program from your command line with one argument:
  (1) the file that you want to pack and compress
  (2) the output will be a file with a pyw ending
The output can run on Windows where Python is installed."""

################################################################################

import sys
import os.path
import bz2
import zlib
import base64

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def main():
    "Extract the command-line arguments and run the packer."
    try:
        pack(sys.argv[1])
    except (IndexError, AssertionError):
        print('Usage: {} <filename>'.format(os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])))

def pack(path):
    "Get the source, compress it, and create a packed file."
    data = read_file(path)
    builder, data = optimize(data)
    with open(os.path.splitext(path)[0] + '.pyw', 'w') as file:
        builder(os.path.basename(path), base64.b64encode(data), file)

def read_file(path):
    "Read the entire file content from path in binary mode."
    assert os.path.isfile(path)
    with open(path, 'rb') as file:
        return file.read()

def optimize(data):
    "Compress the data and select the best method to write."
    bz2_data = bz2.compress(data, 9)
    zlib_data = zlib.compress(data, 9)
    sizes = tuple(map(len, (data, bz2_data, zlib_data)))
    smallest = sizes.index(min(sizes))
    if smallest == 1:
        return build_bz2_extractor, bz2_data
    if smallest == 2:
        return build_zlib_extractor, zlib_data
    return build_b64_extractor, data

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def build_bz2_extractor(filename, data, file):
    "Write a Python program that uses bz2 data compression."
    print("import base64, bz2, os", file=file)
    print("data =", data, file=file)
    print("with open({!r}, 'wb') as file:".format(filename), file=file)
    print("    file.write(bz2.decompress(base64.b64decode(data)))", file=file)
    print("os.startfile({!r})".format(filename), file=file)

def build_zlib_extractor(filename, data, file):
    "Pack data into a self-extractor with zlib compression."
    print("import base64, zlib, os", file=file)
    print("data =", data, file=file)
    print("with open({!r}, 'wb') as file:".format(filename), file=file)
    print("    file.write(zlib.decompress(base64.b64decode(data)))", file=file)
    print("os.startfile({!r})".format(filename), file=file)

def build_b64_extractor(filename, data, file):
    "Create a Python file that may not utilize compression."
    print("import base64, os", file=file)
    print("data =", data, file=file)
    print("with open({!r}, 'wb') as file:".format(filename), file=file)
    print("    file.write(base64.b64decode(data))", file=file)
    print("os.startfile({!r})".format(filename), file=file)

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if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

# Small Program Version

# import bz2,base64 as a,os.path as b,sys,zlib;c=sys.argv[1]
# with open(c,'rb') as d:d=d.read();e,f=bz2.compress(d),zlib.compress(d,9);g=list(map(len,(d,e,f)));g,h,i,j,k,l=g.index(min(g)),'import base64 as a,os','\nwith open({0!r},"wb") as b:b.write(','.decompress(','a.b64decode({1}))',';os.startfile({0!r})'
# if g==1:d,e=e,h+',bz2'+i+'bz2'+j+k+')'+l
# elif g==2:d,e=f,h+',zlib'+i+'zlib'+j+k+')'+l
# else:e=h+i+k+l
# with open(b.splitext(c)[0]+'.pyw','w') as f:f.write(e.format(b.basename(c),a.b64encode(d)))

Diff to Previous Revision

--- revision 5 2012-06-20 22:30:58
+++ revision 6 2012-06-20 22:32:01
@@ -80,10 +80,9 @@
 
 # Small Program Version
 
-
-##import bz2,base64 as a,os.path as b,sys,zlib;c=sys.argv[1]
-##with open(c,'rb') as d:d=d.read();e,f=bz2.compress(d),zlib.compress(d,9);g=list(map(len,(d,e,f)));g,h,i,j,k,l=g.index(min(g)),'import base64 as a,os','\nwith open({0!r},"wb") as b:b.write(','.decompress(','a.b64decode({1}))',';os.startfile({0!r})'
-##if g==1:d,e=e,h+',bz2'+i+'bz2'+j+k+')'+l
-##elif g==2:d,e=f,h+',zlib'+i+'zlib'+j+k+')'+l
-##else:e=h+i+k+l
-##with open(b.splitext(c)[0]+'.pyw','w') as f:f.write(e.format(b.basename(c),a.b64encode(d)))
+# import bz2,base64 as a,os.path as b,sys,zlib;c=sys.argv[1]
+# with open(c,'rb') as d:d=d.read();e,f=bz2.compress(d),zlib.compress(d,9);g=list(map(len,(d,e,f)));g,h,i,j,k,l=g.index(min(g)),'import base64 as a,os','\nwith open({0!r},"wb") as b:b.write(','.decompress(','a.b64decode({1}))',';os.startfile({0!r})'
+# if g==1:d,e=e,h+',bz2'+i+'bz2'+j+k+')'+l
+# elif g==2:d,e=f,h+',zlib'+i+'zlib'+j+k+')'+l
+# else:e=h+i+k+l
+# with open(b.splitext(c)[0]+'.pyw','w') as f:f.write(e.format(b.basename(c),a.b64encode(d)))

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