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NAME
create, inst, info - archive or update a file system
SYNOPSIS
install/create [-u] [-U] [-v] [-x] [-o] [-p proto] [-r root]
[-s source] [-N uid] [-G gid] [-d description] name
install/inst [-c] [-h] [-t] [-u] [-v] [-F] [-r root] name
[prefix ...]
install/info [-r] package
DESCRIPTION
Create copies files from the file tree source (default /) to
an output file in archive format appropriate for a software
distribution. The name of the output file is the time that
the archive was made. The latter includes wrap headers that
describe the distribution. Name is typically the name of
the product or software package. The -p option specifies the
prototype file proto to use to build the archive.
Each line of the proto file specifies a file to copy.
Indentation is significant, with each level of indentation
corresponding to a level in the file tree. Fields within a
line are separated by white space. The first field is the
last path element in the destination file tree. The second
field specifies the permissions. The third field is the
owner of the file, and the fourth is the group owning the
file. The fifth field is the name of the file from which to
copy; this file is read from the current name space, not the
source file tree. All fields except the first are optional.
Names beginning with a `$' are expanded as environment vari-
ables. If the first file specified in a directory is `*',
all of the files in that directory are copied. If the first
file is `%', all of the non-directory files in that direc-
tory are copied. If the first file is `+', all of the files
are copied, and all subdirectories are recursively copied.
Files in the source tree that are not specified in the proto
file are not placed in the archive.
The remaining options to create are:
-u Build an update distribution rather than a base
distribution. In this case name should be the name
of the previous archive file built for this prod-
uct. Only files that are out of date with respect
to the latter are included in the archive. Files
which no longer exist will be marked for removal.
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-U Build an update package distribution instead. This
is a hybrid of a base distribution and an update
distribution.
-v Print out the files as they go into the archive.
-x Print out the files that would go into the archive
but do not actually archive them.
-o Copy the archive file to the standard output
rather than putting it in a date stamped output
file.
-r root Specifies the location of any previous archives
for this product.
-N uid Give all the files in the archive the user id
specified.
-G gid Give all the files in the archive the group id
specified,
-d description
Give a description of the distribution. This is
placed in the wrap header files.
Inst installs archive files made by create . Name is the
name of the archive file to install. Any further names after
this are treated as path prefixes and only files in the
archive that have one of the given prefixes are actually
installed. The option to inst are :
-c Carry on regardless when errors occur. The default
behaviour is to exit on encountering an error.
-h Only print the names of the files in the archive.
-t Give each installed file the same date stamp as
indicated by that file's entry in the archive.
-u Give each installed file the same date stamp, user
id and group id as shown in the archive.
-v Print out the names of directories as they are
installed.
-F Force the installation of the files in the archive
even when the corresponding local file has appar-
ently been locally updated or already exists.
-r root Specifies the root of destination tree where the
files will be copied to.
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Info prints information about either a specific file pro-
duced by create or about all files making up a package in
the /wrap tree. In particular base packages, full updates
and partial updates are distinguished. The -r option speci-
fies the the root of the tree to look in. This defaults to
/.
EXAMPLES
Make an archive to establish a new base package for an
Inferno distribution:
install/create -o -N inferno -G inf -d InfernoOS -p PROTO Inferno.1.0 > inferno.arch
Here the name of the product is Inferno.1.0.
Install that archive on another machine:
install/inst -r / inferno.arch
Here the product is placed in / with the user and group ids
being set to those of the person doing the installation.
SOURCE
/appl/cmd/install/arch.b
/appl/cmd/install/create.b
/appl/cmd/install/info.b
/appl/cmd/install/inst.b
/appl/cmd/install/proto.b
/appl/cmd/install/wrap.b
SEE ALSO
archfs(4)
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