Modify a file in a starpack

[Johan]

Hi group,

I've build an application with Tcl and wrapped it to a starpack which I
can execute on another machine. But on this machine, I need to alter the
content of a config file which is included in the starpack.

Is there an easy way to do this ?

Regards,

Johan

[Jeff Hobbs]

Johan wrote:

From outside the starpack, yes, as you can just mount it, modify
the file (writing modified version into the starpack vfs) and
unmount - that's it.

From inside ... you need to essentially make a copy of yourself
and modify that.

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According to Johan <johan.v...@thomson.net>:
:I've build an application with Tcl and wrapped it to a starpack which I

:can execute on another machine. But on this machine, I need to alter the
:content of a config file which is included in the starpack.
:
:Is there an easy way to do this ?

Make certain that you create the starkit (and starpack) as writable -
the default is read only.

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[John Seal]

Johan wrote:

> I need to alter the
> content of a config file which is included in the starpack.
>
> Is there an easy way to do this ?

Yes, just include the "-writeable" switch when wrapping the starpack. I
recently had this very problem, and researched it on the wiki. In spite
of the comment by "male" on http://mini.net/tcl/4080, it seems to work
fine with starpacks as well as starkits, at least with an 8.4.2 tclkit
on Win2K.

[Robert Seeger]

It is worth noting, however, that many OSes will not allow you to modify
the currently running binary. This means you cannot (easily) modify the
contents of a starpack if thats te executable you want to make the
change with.

There are ways, but they involve renaming the file and such. The wiki
may have details on it.

Rob Seeger