Re: Embedding scripts in executable

[Shmuel Zeigerman <shmuz@...>]

On 28/09/2011 00:50, Tim Caswell wrote:
> I'm sure this has been done before, but google is not being my friend when
> trying to search for it.
>
> I have a folder full of lua modules (written in lua) and I want them
> embedded in my binary at compile/link time in such a way that the require
> system can find them.
>
> Is there a cross-platform way to embed these scripts and make
> them accessible to require?
>
> I'm using luajit, but I think this question is generic.

I'm maintaining a project [1] where the Makefile has 2 targets: 
"noembed" and "embed". The project itself is Windows-only but it isn't 
relevant to its method of embedding Lua files.

I believe the source code is self-explanatory; you can contact me 
off-list if it isn't.

[1] https://github.com/shmuz/luafar4editor

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Shmuel