epminstall(1)
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 inline. 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.