########################################################################## # Document: SLACKDTXT.examples # Purpose : Provide examples of how one may use slackdtxt # Author..: Stuart Winter # Version : 1.00 # Date....: 02-Mar-2003 ########################################################################### 1.0 Building ProFTPD from Slackware's source directory -------------------------------------------------- In this example, I have my slackware-current source tree stored in the directory ' /data2 ' I want to compile ProFTPD using Slackware's SlackBuild script, but I want to move the package from /tmp (where SlackBuild stores it) into my Slackware binary directory /data2/slackware-current/slackware/n/ and I also want to create a .txt description file in the same binary directory. 1. Enter the slackware-current source directory -------------------------------------------- meths [proftpd] # pwd /data2/slackware-current/source/n/proftpd meths [proftpd] # ls _proftpd.tar.gz etc proftpd-1.2.7.tar.bz2 proftpd-1.2.7.tar.bz2.asc proftpd.SlackBuild slack-desc 2. Compile ProFTPd using the supplied SlackBuild script. ----------------------------------------------------- meths [proftpd] # ./proftpd.SlackBuild [ .. snip lots of text as the package is compiled and built .. ] Our proftpd package is built in /tmp as this is where SlackBuild stores it. meths [proftpd] # ls -l /tmp/proftpd-1.2.7-i386-1.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 503169 Mar 3 00:43 /tmp/proftpd-1.2.7-i386-1.tgz meths [proftpd] # 3. Create the .txt file and move the package into the binary distribution directory --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- meths [proftpd] # slackdtxt -d /data2/slackware-current/slackware/n/ /tmp/proftpd-1.2.7-i386-1.tgz slackdtxt: Copying package to destination directory ....done slackdtxt: Verifying the version of the package in the destination directory ....done slackdtxt: Attempting to extract install/slack-desc from the package ....done slackdtxt: proftpd-1.2.7-i386-1.txt created slackdtxt: Deleting the original package ....done meths [proftpd] # In this instance I have extracted the slack-desc file from the /tmp/proftpd-1.2.7-i386-1.tgz package. Because I was in the source directory, I could have used the local slack-desc file and saved the overhead of having to untar. In order to do this I could have done: # slackdtxt -d /data2/slackware-current/slackware/n/ -s slack-desc /tmp/proftpd-1.2.7-i386-1.tgz Example 2: Creating .txt files from a bunch of packages -------------------------------------------- In this example, I have built a number of packages already. They are stored in my binary distribution directory (/data2/slackware-current/slackware) but the packages do not have corresponding .txt files. I will use slackdtxt to create .txt files in the same directory as the package files. 1. Enter the slackware-current binary distribution directory ========================================================== meths [n] # pwd /data2/slackware-current/slackware/n These are the packages I have built previously. meths [n] # ls htdig-3.1.6-i386-2.tgz mod_ssl-2.8.12_1.3.27-i386-1.tgz mutt-1.4i-i386-1.tgz wget-1.8.2-i386-2.tgz meths [n] # 2. Create .txt files for all corresponding package files ===================================================== meths [n] # slackdtxt *.tgz slackdtxt: Attempting to extract install/slack-desc from the package ....done slackdtxt: htdig-3.1.6-i386-2.txt created slackdtxt: Attempting to extract install/slack-desc from the package ....done slackdtxt: mod_ssl-2.8.12_1.3.27-i386-1.txt created slackdtxt: Attempting to extract install/slack-desc from the package ....done slackdtxt: mutt-1.4i-i386-1.txt created slackdtxt: Attempting to extract install/slack-desc from the package ....done slackdtxt: wget-1.8.2-i386-2.txt created meths [n] # ls htdig-3.1.6-i386-2.tgz mod_ssl-2.8.12_1.3.27-i386-1.tgz mutt-1.4i-i386-1.tgz wget-1.8.2-i386-2.tgz htdig-3.1.6-i386-2.txt mod_ssl-2.8.12_1.3.27-i386-1.txt mutt-1.4i-i386-1.txt wget-1.8.2-i386-2.txt meths [n] # All .txt files are now created.