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Topic created on: February 23, 2008 13:32 CST by defg .

I would like to attach a python debugger for analyzing the pyc scripts internal to a py2exe generated exe. The only information I can find assumes I have the source code. Forum searched for py2exe returned nothing. Any help would be much appreciated.

Also, the standard library.zip file which normally contains the pyc files is nonexistent. Is there another good way to find the pyc files on disk?

  igorsk     February 23, 2008 19:20.41 CST
Check the exe's overlay. The zip can be attached to the exe instead of being a separate file.

  sa7ori     February 25, 2008 10:40.45 CST
I took a look at py2exe executables a bit once, and my understanding was that they were really simple. It basically bundles the interpreter as a dll, and then all the pycs are placed in the resource section. If you use resource editor or resource hacker or one of those things you should be able to extract that compiled python code from the .exe


> defg: I would like to attach a python debugger for analyzing the pyc scripts internal to a py2exe generated exe. The only information I can find assumes I have the source code. Forum searched for py2exe returned nothing. Any help would be much appreciated.
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> Also, the standard library.zip file which normally contains the pyc files is nonexistent. Is there another good way to find the pyc files on disk?

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