What is the command that will compile a python code to binary ?

1) What is the command that will compile a python code to binary ?

2) Is is true that a compiled Python code can be easily converted back to source code much easier than C code ?

Windows - You need an application called py2exe.
http://forums.devshed.com/t137769/s...ighlight=py2exe

Linux - you could try cxFreeze

Because python compiled code is stored in a form that is closer to the original script (bytecode) it is easier in theory to reverse engineer than the machine code generated by a C compiler. You can use a command line optimization -o to reduce the amount of human readable info stored in the bytecode to make the task harder.

grim

You can also use the -OO option on the command line to further reduce the chances though this results in docstrings being removed from your program which you might want to avoid

Mark.

It's not only easier in theory to reverse-engineer Python code, it's easier due to the fact that there exists a tool that can reliably do it. Google for "decompyle" for more info.

Thank you everyone for your help.

Hi netytan, thank you for your help.
You said "You can also use the -OO option on the command line to further reduce the chances though this results in docstrings being removed from your program which you might want to avoid "

Do you mean

./python_program -OO

If not the above then please specify the exact command.

Python command like arguments follow the interpreter, so something like this, assuming you have python in you PATH variable...

python -OO program.py

Hope this helps,

Mark.

Thank you netytan for your help.

Hi again netytan.

I ran the command below, but no binary file was created, and the file python_1.py remains as text.

python -OO python_1.py

Please read Section 6.1.2 of the Python Tutorial that ships with Python. It explains the -O and -OO options.

grim.

Python source code ( my_prog.py ) is always text.

When you run it through the interpreter (Python.exe) it converts the text to a "byte-code" that it can read. These end in .pyc - my_prog.pyc

If you use python.exe -OO it will remove the comments from the byte-code file.

Python.exe can not create Windows or Linux executable binaries though. For that you need a tool like py2exe which Grim_Archon linked to.

Thank you sfb for your help.