ADEINST(1) General Commands Manual ADEINST(1)
NAME
adeinst - install program
SYNOPSIS
adeinst [ -V | --version ] [ -v | --verbose | -d level | --debug=level
] [ -h | --help ] [ -p | --paths ] [ -n | --simulate ] [ -n | --simu-
late ] [ -m mode | --perms=mode ] { srcfile dstfile | srcfile ... dst-
dir | -D dir ... }
DESCRIPTION
Adeinst is an install(1)-like program for installing programs and other
files into target directories.
It operates in one of three modes corresponding to the following argu-
ments:
srcfile dstfile The single file srcfile is copied to dstfile.
Any necessary leading directories will be cre-
ated.
srcfile ... dstdir All the specified source files are copied to
the desination directory, which must already
exist.
-D dir ... All the specified directories, and any missing
leading directories, are created.
CONFIGURATION
None.
OPTIONS
-d level, --debug=level Determines how verbose this program will be.
The message types displayed for the different
values of level are as follows: 0 displays no
messages; 1 displays only errors, 2 displays
errors and warnings; 3 displays errors, warn-
ings and informational messages; higher values
display errors, warnings, informational mes-
sages and various messages intended for debug-
ging. The default is 2.
-h, --help Displays a brief usage message.
-p, --paths Lists the compiled-in paths of various files
and directories that this program uses. -n,
--simulate Some external commands that this
program runs may be displayed rather than ac-
tually executed. BEWARE: different programs
implement different levels of simulation; so
this option may work perfectly; on the other
hand it may do nothing at all!
-v, --verbose Equivalent to -d 3.
-V, --version Prints the program's version number and exits.
-m mode, --perms=mode Any files created will have the specified
mode. Any directories created will have their
mode set to mode plus the corresponding exe-
cute bits set, which is necessary for directo-
ries. This does not affect directories which
already exist.
-n, --simulate Operate in simulate mode; no files or directo-
ries are written or created.
EXIT STATUS
On success adeinst returns zero. On failure it returns non-zero and
displays a diagnostic message.
FILES
None.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
None.
EXAMPLES
The following command would install a program 'foo' in /usr/local with
a single file under the name 'bar' with setgid 'mail':
adeinst -m 755 foo /usr/local/bar
CAVEATS
None.
STANDARDS
This manual page documents version 3.0.4 of adeinst.
SEE ALSO
install(1), ade-config(1)
AUTHOR
Alexis Huxley <alexishuxley@gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT & DISTRIBUTION POLICY
Copyright (C) 1995-2024 Alexis Huxley
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 MER-
CHANTABILITY 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.,
675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
27 Dec 2024 ADEINST(1)
