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Bobby James
Bobby James

Reputation: 47

How do I run pycdc?

I am trying to decompile a .pyc into a .py to avoid rewriting some code, but I don't understand the instructions given in the description on the page for pycdc on GitHub.

I downloaded it, but how do I run the decompiler? It says ./bin/pycdc [PATH TO PYC FILE] but I'm not sure what this means. I typed that in the command prompt and it doesn't recognize it. What do I need to do?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 16015

Answers (2)

Bharat
Bharat

Reputation: 3010

Make sure you first build it using Visual Studio. There is a pycdc.vcproj in the repo. Double-click that to open Visual Studio. Then build it. This would put the pycde executable in the \bin folder.

Then from the root directory i.e from pycde-master folder, do

bin\pycde yourfile

where yourfile is the file you want to decompile. If your file is in C:\tmp\yourfile.pyc, do 

bin\pycde C:\tmp\yourfile.pyc

Upvotes: 3

eazar001
eazar001

Reputation: 1601

This ./ notation only applies to unix shell commands. This does not apply to Windows. It means you have to run pydc [PATH TO PYC FILE], where [PATH to PYC FILE], is the directory to the pyc file. For example:

If your pyc file is named example.py and is located in C:\Users\Bobby\example.py then you would type:

python pycdc C:\Users\Bobby\example.py

Upvotes: 1

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