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bg-installer(1) 	     General Commands Manual		 bg-installer(1)

NAME
     bg-installer - Standardized installer program.

SYNOPSIS
     bg-installer [top-directory] <LIST

DESCRIPTION
     The  program bg-installer reads an installation instruction file from stan-
     dard input, and executes the instructions in the  directory  named  on  the
     command line.

     Each  line in the file is an individual instruction.  Blank lines and lines
     beginning with "#" are ignored.  Lines beginning with ">", if present,  in-
     struct  bg-installer  as  to  which base directory to use (see below).  All
     other lines must have following format:

	    CMD:[OWNER]:[GROUP]:MODE:DIR[:FILENAME[:SOURCE]]

     CMD    is a single character specifying the installation  command,  option-
	    ally  followed  by "?" indicating the command should only execute if
	    the source exists.	If the "?" is followed by a name, it is used in-
	    stead of SOURCE as the filename to test.

     OWNER  (optional) is the owner user ID or name for the target file.

     GROUP  (optional) is the group ID or name for the target file.

     MODE   is the permissions of the installed file in octal.

     DIR    is the subdirectory of the installation prefix for	the  destination
	    file.

     FILENAME
	    (optional)	is  the  name of the file to install into the directory.
	    It may be omitted for directories.

     SOURCE
	    (optional) is the name of the source file to install, if it  differs
	    from the destination file, or the path in the symlink.

     If  SOURCE contains wildcards, the command is repeated once for each match-
     ing filename.

     If FILENAME is empty, it is replaced with the value of SOURCE  after  wild-
     card  expansion.	Each  instance of "$N" in FILENAME where "N" is a single
     digit is replaced with the Nth part of the source filename.   "$0"  is  re-
     placed with the whole source filename.

     The  target  filename  is	"PREFIX/TOP/DIR/FILENAME"  where "PREFIX" is the
     value of $install_prefix if it is set, TOP is the directory  given  on  the
     command line, and DIR and FILENAME given in the installation file.

     o	    "c" lines copy regular files from the current directory

     o	    "d" lines create directories

     o	    "s" lines create symlinks (UID, GID, and MODE are ignored)

     o	    "l" lines copy libraries using libtool

     When  bg-installer  encounters  a	base  directory  directive, as indicated
     above, it opens the file named conf-BASE (where BASE is the word on the di-
     rective line), reads the first line, and uses that as  the  base  directory
     (prefixed by $install_prefix as above).

OPTIONS
     -v, --verbose
	    List the files as they are processed.

     -n, --dry-run
	    Don't modify any files, just display.

     -c, --check
	    Check destinations instead of installing.

     -h, --help
	    Display usage information and exit.

EXAMPLES
	    >bin
	    c:::755::prog2
	    c?:root:root:4750::prog2
	    >include
	    d:::755:package
	    c:::644:package:base.h:pkgbase.h
	    s:::::package.h:package/base.h

     This  reads  conf-bin,  and installs prog1 and setuid root prog2 (if it was
     built) under it.  It then reads conf-include, creates the directory package
     under it, and installs pkgbase.h as base.h in that directory. It also  cre-
     ates a symlink package.h to package/base.h.

ENVIRONMENT
     install_prefix
	    If set, is prefixed to all destination file names.

AUTHOR
     Bruce Guenter <bruce@untroubled.org>

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