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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 AT 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  internationaliza‐
       tion.

       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 interna‐
              tionalization.

       -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) 2012-02-29
       author          David Korn <dgk AT research.com>
       copyright       Copyright (c) 1982-2012 AT&T Intellectual Property
       license         http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.html



KSH93                                     Fri Jun 3 2005                                SHCOMP(1)