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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) 2003-03-02
       author          David Korn <dgk@research.att.com>
       copyright       Copyright (c) 1982-2005 AT&T Corp.
       license         http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.txt