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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MKDIST 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: mkdist, insdist \(em make and install distribution packages
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .ft CW
        !             6: /usr/lib/dist/mkdist [-v] [-D \fIold\fP=\fInew\fP] [-[Xx] \fIcommand\fP] \fIfiles ...\fP
        !             7: .sp
        !             8: /usr/lib/dist/insdist [-v] [-D \fIold\fP=\fInew\fP] [-R \fIrootdir\fP]
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .I Mkdist
        !            11: packages the named files into a distribution package on the standard output.
        !            12: A distribution package is an ordinary
        !            13: .IR tar (1)
        !            14: file, containing the files of the package as well as installation information
        !            15: for use by
        !            16: .IR insdist .
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: The
        !            19: .B -D
        !            20: option to both
        !            21: .I mkdist
        !            22: and
        !            23: .I insdist
        !            24: allows prefix substitution to be performed on pathnames going into the
        !            25: distribution.  (\c
        !            26: .I Mkdist
        !            27: arranges for all file names in the distribution to be absolute path names,
        !            28: by prepending the current directory to any relative pathname arguments.)
        !            29: At most one
        !            30: .B -D
        !            31: option will be applied to any name in the distribution, so there are no
        !            32: substitution loops.  If multiple
        !            33: .B -D
        !            34: options might match a given file name, the leftmost one from the command
        !            35: line is chosen.
        !            36: The
        !            37: .B -R
        !            38: option (\c
        !            39: .I insdist
        !            40: only) additionally specifies that all files are to be unpacked relative
        !            41: to the given root directory.
        !            42: .PP
        !            43: The
        !            44: .B -X
        !            45: and
        !            46: .B -x
        !            47: options to
        !            48: .I mkdist
        !            49: allow a command to be given that will be executed
        !            50: when the distribution is unpacked by
        !            51: .I insdist .
        !            52: These options are identical, except that pathname prefix substitution from
        !            53: .B -D
        !            54: options will be applied to a command specified in a
        !            55: .B -X
        !            56: option.
        !            57: .PP
        !            58: The
        !            59: .B -v
        !            60: option turns on verbose output describing what's going on.
        !            61: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            62: .IR tar (1)
        !            63: .SH BUGS
        !            64: The
        !            65: .B -v
        !            66: option should show more.

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