NAME¶
epminstall - add a directory, file, or symlink to a list file.
SYNOPSIS¶
epminstall options file1 file2 ... fileN directory
epminstall options file1 file2
epminstall options -d directory1 directory2 ... directoryN
DESCRIPTION¶
epminstall adds or replaces a directory, file, or symlink in a list file.
The default list file is "epm.list" and can be overridden using the
EPMLIST environment variable or the
--list-file option.
Entries are either added to the end of the list file or replaced in-line.
Comments, directives, and variable declarations in the list file are
preserved.
OPTIONS¶
epminstall recognizes the standard Berkeley
install command
options:
- -b
-
Make a backup of existing files (ignored, default for EPM.)
- -c
-
BSD old compatibility mode (ignored.)
- -g group
-
Set the group owner of the file or directory to group. The default
group is "sys".
- -m mode
-
Set the permissions of the file or directory to mode. The default
permissions are 0755 for directories and executable files and 0644 for
non-executable files.
- -o owner
-
Set the owner of the file or directory to owner. The default owner is
"root".
- -s
-
Strip the files (ignored, default for EPM.)
- --list-file filename.list
-
Specify the list file to update.
SEE ALSO¶
epm(1) - create software packages
mkepmlist(1) - make an epm list file from a directory
epm.list(5) - epm list file format
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright 1999-2007 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
details.