MKDIST(1)

NAME
mkdist, insdist — make and install distribution packages

SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/dist/mkdist [-v] [-D old=new] [-[Xx] command] files ...

/usr/lib/dist/insdist [-v] [-D old=new] [-R rootdir]

DESCRIPTION
Mkdist packages the named files into a distribution package on the standard output. A distribution package is an ordinary tar(1) file, containing the files of the package as well as installation information for use by insdist.

The -D option to both mkdist and insdist allows prefix substitution to be performed on pathnames going into the distribution. (Mkdist arranges for all file names in the distribution to be absolute path names, by prepending the current directory to any relative pathname arguments.) At most one -D option will be applied to any name in the distribution, so there are no substitution loops. If multiple -D options might match a given file name, the leftmost one from the command line is chosen. The -R option (insdist only) additionally specifies that all files are to be unpacked relative to the given root directory.

The -X and -x options to mkdist allow a command to be given that will be executed when the distribution is unpacked by insdist . These options are identical, except that pathname prefix substitution from -D options will be applied to a command specified in a -X option.

The -v option turns on verbose output describing what's going on.

SEE ALSO
tar(1)

BUGS
The -v option should show more.