Protect contents of a Script or batch file from being read.

[bayot]

Please, how best can I prevent the contents of a valuable proprietary Windows
NT Script file (.cmd) or MS-DOS Batch file (.bat) which I have written from
being read by unauthorized end users?

Thank you.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Please, how best can I prevent the contents of a valuable
proprietary Windows NT Script file (.cmd) or MS-DOS Batch file
(.bat) which I have written from being read by unauthorized end
users?

In reality?

Don't use batch/cmd scripts. They are scripts, made to be read/interpretted
by the OS - they are basically text files and anythig you do to 'protect
them' is really more trouble than it is worth and futile in the end.

 

[JS]

Create a VBS script which includes a password
for the script to run to completion. Test it and then
see how to compile it so someone can't read it.
http://www.visualbasicscript.com/m_2698/tm.htm

 

[bayot]

Thank you very much. Unfortunately, the special application I am developing
demands that I must use a cmd script, please.

 

[123Jim]

Please, how best can I prevent the contents of a valuable proprietary
Windows
NT Script file (.cmd) or MS-DOS Batch file (.bat) which I have written
from
being read by unauthorized end users?

Thank you.

Why not convert the batch file into an executable file?
I searched with "compile a batch file" and found this at the top of the
list: http://www.abyssmedia.com/quickbfc/

There may be other programs that suite your needs better, I have not tried
them.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Thank you very much. Unfortunately, the special application I am
developing
demands that I must use a cmd script, please.

Can you use a script that just calls an executable that can't be read?

HTH
-pk

 

[bayot]

This solution has worked perfectly for me and I am very grateful.

 

[bayot]

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