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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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