Feature #11028
Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) about 9 years ago
standalone running single file ( zipped archives of ruby code) running **without installation** using "gem install ..." prior examples in other languages: python myprg.pyz java -jar myprg.jar Detailed Description: --------------------- In python, if i have multiple program files: "`a1.py`, `a2.py`, `__main__.py`, "a1.py, a2.py, __main__.py, `dir1/b1.py`, `dir1/b2.py`" dir1/b1.py, dir1/b2.py" and then i zip it as myprogram1.pyz then i can run it as "python myprogram.pyz" (`__main__.py` (__main__.py inside the zip file will be executed first). It is easy to distribute a single file myprogram1.pyz see: http://blogs.gnome.org/jamesh/2012/05/21/python-zip-files/ --- === in java also we can bundle all the .class files into a single .jar file and run it java -jar myprogram1.jar --- ======== Currently in ruby the ".gem" file requires installation using "gem install ...". Then it gives some program file for running. What i am asking is that some gem file should have manifest with which they can run directly without installing That is, i request you to kind provide a feature in ruby that if i have lots of files like: `a1.rb`, `a2.rb`, `__main__.rb`, `dir1/a4.rb` a1.rb , a2.rb, __main__.rb dir1/a4.rb etc. (say, which uses Ruby-GTK for a Desktop application). Then i should be able to bundle them as zip file, say myprog1.zip or myprog1.pz ( rbz=ruby's rbz =ruby's zipped executable archive). And then i can distribute this "single file" and execute it as: ruby myprog1.rbz This will execute the `__main__.rb` __main__.rb file among all the other .rb files, inside this .zip archive myprog1.rbz . Note: this .rbz file extension can be .gemz or whatever, but this functionality of "standalone running zipped archives of ruby code running without installation" is essential