ossp-pkg/shtool/README
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GNU shtool -- The GNU Portable Shell Tool
Copyright (c) 1994-2008 Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
http://www.gnu.org/software/shtool/
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shtool/
Version 2.0.8 (18-Jul-2008)
The GNU shtool program is a compilation of small but very stable and
portable shell scripts into a single shell tool. All ingredients
were in successful use over many years in various free software
projects. The compiled shtool program is intended to be used inside
the source tree of free software packages. There it can take over
various (usually non-portable) tasks related to the building and
installation of such packages.
It currently contains the following tools:
echo Print string with optional construct expansion
mdate Pretty-print modification time of a file or dir
table Pretty print a field-separated list as a table
prop Display progress with a running propeller
move Move files with simultan substitution
install Install a program, script or datafile
mkdir Make one or more directories
mkln Make link with calculation of relative paths
mkshadow Make a shadow tree
fixperm Fix file permissions inside a source tree
rotate Rotate logfiles
tarball Roll distribution tarballs
subst Apply sed(1) substitution operations
platform Platform identification utility
arx Extended archive command
slo Separate linker options by library class
scpp Sharing C Pre-Processor
version Generate and maintain a version information file
path Deal with program paths
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307,
USA, or contact Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>.
NOTICE: Given that you include GNU shtool verbatim into your own
source tree, you are justified in saying that it remains separate from
your package, and that this way you are simply just using GNU shtool.
So, in this situation, there is no requirement that your package
itself is licensed under the GNU General Public License in order to
take advantage of GNU shtool.
The documentation and latest release can be found on
http://www.gnu.org/software/shtool/
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shtool/
Ralf S. Engelschall
rse@engelschall.com
www.engelschall.com
