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authorStephane Peter <megastep@megastep.org>2004-03-08 02:59:53 +0000
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+.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).