Re: Tricks to make the m-code invisible

[Sergei Steshenko]

On 27/12/2019 23:19, GoSim wrote:
> I am running Octave as a subprocess in my system identification app and want
> to keep the m-files hidden because my new methods are world leading and I
> don't want them copied by competitors. So I am asking for ideas on how to do
> that. My only idea so far is to put the m-file as a string in my java
> program and create the m-file with this string and then run octave and
> directly when octave have started delete the file. I think Octave reads the
> whole file and doesn't need the file after it has been read once. Any other
> and hopefully better ideas? Thanks.
>
>
>
> --
> Sent from: https://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Octave-General-f1599825.html

This is a hint for you:

"

sergei@sergei-dt:/mnt/althome/sergei$ echo " for ii=1:3 disp(ii); end" | 
octave
 1
 2
 3
sergei@sergei-dt:/mnt/althome/sergei$

".


I.e. Octave can execute commands from stdin. I.e. a .m file isn't even 
necessary.


--Sergei.