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| author |  Mike Burns <mike@mike-burns.com> | 2014-08-12 13:28:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Mike Burns <mike@mike-burns.com> | 2014-08-26 16:58:46 +0200 |
| commit | df29698f530357f9419cb72e70a808f93235e915 (patch) | |
| tree | 60df5953ee7dc0fa454f87b69bbef7b6e732dd6c /man/rcup.1 | |
| parent | 8465d6a8d3568537f15688c66bc136a137e9c005 (diff) | |
Generate an installation script
This commit adds a `-g` flag to rcup(1) to generate a standalone shell
script. This shell script can then be run again, even on different
computers, to recreate the symlinks.
This allows people to recreate the "download my dotfiles and run
./install.sh" instructions, but with generated code that they do not
need to maintain.
This provides us more freedom with lsrc(1): since rcm can be used to
generate a universal shell script, lsrc(1) now can be harder to install
-- it can depend on a compiler, for example -- because you only need to
install it on one machine.
The generated script is rather limited; this can be improved in future
commits, as desired.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/rcup.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/rcup.1 | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ .Op Fl CfhiKkqVv .Op Fl B Ar hostname .Op Fl d Ar dir +.Op Fl g .Op Fl I Ar excl_pat .Op Fl S Ar excl_pat .Op Fl s Ar excl_pat @@ -42,6 +43,15 @@ This can be specified multiple times. if the rc file already exists in your home directory but does not match the file in your dotfiles directory, remove the rc file then create the symlink +.It Fl g +print to +.Li stdout +a standalone shell script that will run the +.Nm +command as specified. +Nothing on your filesystem will be modified by +.Nm +when this flag is passed. .It Fl h show usage instructions. .It Fl I Ar EXCL_PAT @@ -86,7 +96,10 @@ decrease verbosity .It Fl V show the version number. .It Fl v -increase verbosity. This can be repeated for extra verbosity. +increase verbosity. +This can be repeated for extra verbosity. +Verbose messages are printed to +.Li stderr . .It Fl x Ar EXCL_PAT do not install rc files that match .Ar EXCL_PAT . |