A disk image might work, but it will still likely be quarantined. You'll have to execute a command to remove that, but I don't think it requires sudo.
Applescript Editor and Automater can create stand-along executables. There is also this: https://sveinbjorn.org/platypus John DeSoi, Ph.D. > On Apr 9, 2017, at 6:09 AM, Peter Mew via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I turn to your combined wisdom, because I don't know where else to go. > I want to send a small Mac binary file to a friend. > All the methods I've tried so far result in the unsetting of the executable > bit. > I know this can be reset using chmod +x, but he is reluctant to use any > terminal command involving sudo, which this would. > I have tried so far, > Straight email attachment > Zipped email attachment (which works sending to my hotmail address but not to > his gmail address) > Wetransfer both zipped and unzipped > As a .tar.gz compressed file > I have now run out of ideas. > Is there a small app with a GUI, or an AppleScript I could send him, which > would do the chmod fix, without him having to resort to the terminal. > I can't find where I originally downloaded this binary, so he can't download > it for himself. > The binary is a command line program called scanimage, which allows me to > interface with a flatbed scanner from 4D using LEP, and works very well. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
