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diff --git a/static/v10/man8/mkpkg.8 b/static/v10/man8/mkpkg.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..50032998 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man8/mkpkg.8 @@ -0,0 +1,179 @@ +.TH MKPKG 8 +.CT 1 comm_mach +.SH NAME +mkpkg, inspkg, seal, unseal \- package files for automatic software distribution +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B mkpkg +[ +.I option ... +] +.I file ... +.PP +.B inspkg +[ +.I option ... +] +[ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B seal +[ +.I option +] +[ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B unseal +[ +.I option +] +[ +.I file ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +These programs are used by +.IR ship (8) +to keep files identical across machines. +.PP +.I Mkpkg +packages +.I files +and writes the result on the standard output. +.I Inspkg +installs the named packages +or the standard input. +.PP +Non-existent files given to +.I mkpkg +are deleted upon installation. +Directories are copied with all their contents. +Hard links are reproduced. +Symbolic links and special files +are reproduced with the same inode contents. +File modification and access times and owner and group names +are reproduced as far as possible. +Old versions of files are removed before installation: +.I inspkg +needs write permission in containing directories. +.PP +Options for both +.I mkpkg +and +.IR inspkg : +.nr xx \w'\f5-K \f2keyfile ' +.TP \n(xxu +.B -v +Place running commentary on the standard error file. +.br +.ns +.TP +.BI -D path1 = path2 +Pretend that any pathname beginning with +.I path1 +really begins with +.IR path2 . +Relative pathnames are extended to full pathnames before comparison. +.PP +Options for +.IR mkpkg ; +only one may occur: +.TP \n(xxu +.BI -x command +Include in the package instructions to execute the shell +.I command +after all files have been installed. +.I Command +is unaffected by option +.BR -D . +.br +.ns +.TP +.BI -X file +Include in the package instructions to +run the shell script +.I file +after all files have been installed. +The file name is subject to option +.BR -D . +.PP +Options for +.IR inspkg : +.TP \n(xxu +.B -n +Skip the actual installation, but verify +the input packages and produce a backup if requested. +.br +.ns +.TP +.B +-b +Write on the standard output a backup package +that contains whatever was destroyed. +.PP +A package is an +.IR ar (1) +archive containing an extra +.SM ASCII +file named +.FR Instructions . +.PP +.I Seal +concatenates the named +.I files +or the standard input +onto the standard output in +an error-detecting form suitable for shipment by +.IR mail (1). +.I Unseal +reverses the process, concatenating copies of all the +original inputs onto the standard output. +When +.IR asd (8) +uses +.IR uucp (1), +it sends sealed packages. +.PP +A sealed file is printable, has +fewer than 128 characters per line, and has no lines +consisting of a single period. +The first line is +.L !<seal> +and the last one begins with +.LR !end . +Other lines, such as mail headers, can be added to +either end of a sealed file +without hindering +.IR unseal . +.PP +Options for +.I seal +and +.IR unseal : +.TP \n(xxu +.B -k +A key will be demanded to encrypt the +checksum calculation. +.br +.ns +.TP +.BI -K " keyfile" +Same, but taking the first line of +.I keyfile +as the key. +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR ar (1), +.IR cpio (1), +.IR tar (1), +.IR bundle (1), +.IR ship (8), +.IR ar (5), +.IR asd (8) +.SH BUGS +The pipeline +.L mkpkg ... | inspkg +fails if input and output files overlap. +.br +.I Inspkg +fills any holes in files. |
