From: William F. Jolitz Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1992 04:53:32 +0000 (-0800) Subject: 386BSD 0.1 development X-Git-Tag: 386BSD-0.1~934 X-Git-Url: https://git.subgeniuskitty.com/unix-history/.git/commitdiff_plain/fb4ceaec981b94b1d2417ba7c74964cbc506ca18 386BSD 0.1 development Work on file usr/othersrc/public/shellutils-1.6/shellutils-1.6/README Co-Authored-By: Lynne Greer Jolitz Synthesized-from: 386BSD-0.1 --- diff --git a/usr/othersrc/public/shellutils-1.6/shellutils-1.6/README b/usr/othersrc/public/shellutils-1.6/shellutils-1.6/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..315b108a11 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/othersrc/public/shellutils-1.6/shellutils-1.6/README @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +This is a package of small shell programming utilities. They are mostly +compliant with POSIX.2, where applicable. + +nice, stty, and uname require facilities not available on all systems; +`configure' detects this and does not try to compile them on systems +where those facilities are missing. +nohup requires nice. + +To compile these programs: + +1. At the top level (the directory this README is in), type +`./configure'. This shell script attempts to guess correct values for +various system-dependent variables used during compilation, and +creates the Makefiles. This takes a minute or two. + +If you want to compile in a different directory from the one +containing the source code, `cd' to that directory and run `configure' +with the option `--srcdir=DIR', where DIR is the directory that +contains the source code. The object files and executables will be +put in the current directory. This option only works with versions of +`make' that support the VPATH variable. `configure' ignores any other +arguments you give it. + +If your system requires unusual options for compilation or linking +that `configure' doesn't know about, you can give `configure' initial +values for variables by setting them in the environment; in +Bourne-compatible shells, you can do that on the command line like +this: +$ CC='gcc -traditional' LIBS=-lposix ./configure + +2. If you want to change the directories where the programs will be +installed, or the optimization options, edit `Makefile' and change +those values. If you have an unusual system that needs special +compilation options that `configure' doesn't know about, and you +didn't pass them in the environment when running `configure', you +should add them to `Makefile' now. Alternately, teach `configure' how +to figure out that it is being run on a system where they are needed, +and mail the diffs to the address listed at the end of this file so we +can include them in the next release. + +3. In the top-level directory, type `make'. You don't need to +otherwise touch the Makefiles in the subdirectories or use them +directly. + +4. If the programs compile successfully, type `make install' to +install them. + +5. After you have installed the programs and documentation, you can +remove the binaries from the source directories by typing `make +mostlyclean'. Or type `make clean' instead if you also want to remove +the Makefiles that `configure' created, for instance if you are going +to recompile the utilities next on another type of machine. + +Although these programs have no `-V' or `--version' option, you can +check which version you have by using `grep' or `strings -' on the +binaries, e.g., `grep shellutils /usr/local/bin/basename'. + +The file `configure.in' is a template for creating `configure' using +m4 macros (distributed separately under the name `autoconf'). It is +probably needed only if you want to update `configure' using a newer +version of autoconf. + +Mail suggestions and bug reports for these programs to +bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.