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- NAME
- makekit - split files up into shell archive packages
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- SYNOPSIS
- makekit [ -e ] [ -h# ] [ -iname ] [ -k# ] [ -m ] [ -nname ]
- [ -oname ] [ -p ] [ -s#[k] ] [ -ttext ] [ file... ]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Makekit reads a list of files and directories, determines
- their sizes, and parcels them up into a series of shell
- archives such that all the archives are of reasonable size.
- It then invokes shar(1L) to actually create the archives.
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- By default, no archive will be larger than about 50,000
- bytes; this may be changed by using the ``-s'' option. If
- the number given with the ``-s'' option ends with the letter
- ``k'' then the size is multiplied by 1024, otherwise it is
- taken to be the desired maximum size, in bytes. Each
- archive will have a name that looks like Partnn, where
- ``nn'' represents the two-digit sequence number (with lead-
- ing zero if needed). The leader part of the archive name
- may be changed with the ``-n'' option. The ``-n'' is also
- useful when write permission to the directory being archive
- is defined; e.g., ``-n/tmp/KERNEL.''
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- Makekit reads its list of files on the command line, or
- standard input if none are given. It is also possible to
- specify an input filename with the ``-i'' option. The input
- should contain a list of files, one to a line, to separate.
- In addition, if each input line looks like this:
- filename whitespaces optional-
- digits whitespaces text
- then makekit will ignore the spaces and digits, but remember
- the text associated with each file, and output it with the
- filename when generating the ``shipping manifest.'' Further,
- the ``-h'' option may be given to have the program skip the
- indicated number of lines in the input; this option is pro-
- vided so that makekit can more easily re-parse the manifests
- it has generated.
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- The generated manifest will be sent to the standard output.
- An alternate output file may be given by using the ``-o''
- option; if the output file exists, makekit will try to
- rename it with an extension of .BAK. If the ``-o'' option
- is used, makekit will add that name to the list of files to
- be archived; the ``-e'' option may be given to exclude the
- manifest from the list.
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- The ``-m'' option is the same as given the options, ``-
- iMANIFEST -oMANIFEST -h2.''
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- After partitioning the files and directories, makekit calls
- shar with the proper options to generate archives in a
- series. Each resultant archive will, when executed, check
- to see if all the parts are present. By using the ``-t''
- option, you can specify a line of starting instructions to
- display to the recipient when all pieces have been unpacked.
- See shar for more information on multi-part archives. If
- the ``-x'' option is used, shar is not called, but the mani-
- fest is still created.
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- Makekit normally reorders its input so that the archives are
- as ``dense'' as possible, with the exception that direc-
- tories are given priority over files, and a file named
- README is the first of all. The manifest is also sorted in
- alphabetical order; this makes it easy to locate ``missing''
- files when the distribution is a large one. The ``-p''
- option may be used to override both sortings, however, and
- preserve the original order of the input list in generating
- both the manifest, and the shell archives.
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- NOTES
- Makekit tries to partition the files so that all directories
- are in the first archive. This usually means the first
- archive must be the first one to be unpacked.
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- SEE ALSO
- findsrc(1L), shar(1L)
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