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author | Stephane Peter <megastep@megastep.org> | 2004-03-08 02:59:53 +0000 |
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committer | Stephane Peter <megastep@megastep.org> | 2004-03-08 02:59:53 +0000 |
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diff --git a/makeself.1 b/makeself.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..60d623d --- /dev/null +++ b/makeself.1 @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +.TH "makeself" "1" "2.1.2" +.SH "NAME" +makeself \- An utility to generate self-extractible archives. +.SH "SYNTAX" +.LP +.B makeself [\fIoptions\fP] archive_dir file_name label +.B [\fIstartup_script\fP] [\fIargs\fP] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.LP +This program is a free (GPL) utility designed for create self extractible +archives from a directory. +.br +.SH "OPTIONS" +.LP +The following options are supported. +.LP +.TP 15 +.B -v, --version +Prints out the makeself version number and exits. +.TP +.B -h, --help +Print out help information. +.TP +.B --gzip +Compress using gzip (default if detected). +.TP +.B --bzip2 +Compress using bzip2. +.TP +.B --compress +Compress using the UNIX 'compress' command. +.TP +.B --nocomp +Do not compress the data. +.TP +.B --notemp +The archive will create archive_dir in the current directory and +uncompress in ./archive_dir. +.TP +.B --copy +Upon extraction, the archive will first copy itself to a temporary directory. +.TP +.B --append +Append more files to an existing makeself archive. +The label and startup scripts will then be ignored. +.TP +.B --current +Files will be extracted to the current directory. Implies --notemp. +.TP +.B --header file +Specify location of the header script. +.TP +.B --follow +Follow the symlinks in the archive. +.TP +.B --nox11 +Disable automatic spawn of an xterm if running in X11. +.TP +.B --nowait +Do not wait for user input after executing embedded program from an xterm. +.TP +.B --lsm file +LSM file describing the package. +.PD +.SH "AUTHORS" +.LP +makeself has been written by Stéphane Peter <megastep@megastep.org>. +.BR +This man page was originally written by Bartosz Fenski <fenio@o2.pl> for the +Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but it may be used by others). |