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SHTOOLIZE.TMP(1)					      GNU Portable Shell Tool						  SHTOOLIZE.TMP(1)

NAME

       shtoolize - Build individual GNU shtool scripts

VERSION

       GNU shtool 2.0.8 (18-Jul-2008)

SYNOPSIS

       shtoolize [-h] [-v] [-q] [-o script] module [ module ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       The shtoolize program builds individual GNU shtool scripts (written to the default output file "shtool" or to the specified script) out of
       one or more shtool ingredient modules.  Available modules are:

	echo	   Print string with optional construct expansion
	mdate	   Pretty-print modification time of a file or dir
	table	   Pretty print a field-separated list as a table
	prop	   Display progress with a running propeller
	move	   Move files with simultan substitution
	install    Install a program, script or datafile
	mkdir	   Make one or more directories
	mkln	   Make link with calculation of relative paths
	mkshadow   Make a shadow tree
	fixperm    Fix file permissions inside a source tree
	rotate	   Rotate a logfile
	tarball    Roll distribution tarballs
	subst	   Apply sed(1) substitution operations
	platform   Platform identification utility
	arx	   Extended archive command
	slo	   Separate linker options by library class
	scpp	   Sharing C Pre-Processor
	version    Generate and maintain a version information file
	path	   Deal with program paths

       Additionally there is a pseudo-module ``"all"'' which can be used as a short-hand for ``"echo mdate table prop move install mkdir mkln
       mkshadow fixperm platform arx slo scpp version path"'', i.e. to build a shtool script with all modules in the standard order. An installed
       shtool is usually built this way via ``"shtoolize -o shtool all"''.

       Use the shtoolize program to build individual shtool scripts in case you want a smaller sized script and you don't need all of the
       available shtool functionality.	For instance for the classical Autoconf based free software package a "shtool" script build via
       ``"shtoolize -o shtool install mkdir"'' might be sufficient.

OPTIONS

       The following command line options exist:

       -h  Displays a short help page describing the usage of shtoolize.

       -v  Displays the version number of shtoolize/shtool.

       -q  Displays no processing information.

       -o script
	   Writes the output to file script instead to file ``"shtool"''.

EXAMPLE

       The typical free software package which is based on GNU libtool and GNU shtool one uses a "Makefile" entry like the following:

	#   Makefile entry for upgrading GNU tools
	upgrade-tools:
	    libtoolize -f -c
	    shtoolize -q all

       This upgrades the three files "ltmain.sh", "ltconfig" and "shtool" in the current source tree to the latest versions.

SEE ALSO

       shtool(1).

AUTHOR

	Ralf S. Engelschall
	rse@engelschall.com
	www.engelschall.com

18-Jul-2008							   shtool 2.0.8 						  SHTOOLIZE.TMP(1)

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SHTOOL-ECHO.TMP(1)					      GNU Portable Shell Tool						SHTOOL-ECHO.TMP(1)

NAME

       shtool-echo - GNU shtool echo(1) extensional command

SYNOPSIS

       shtool echo [-n|--newline] [-e|--expand] string

DESCRIPTION

       shtool echo is an echo(1) style command which prints string to stdout and optionally provides special expansion constructs (terminal bold
       mode, environment details, date, etc) and newline control. The trick of this command is that it provides a portable -n option and hides the
       gory details needed to find out the environment details under option -e.

OPTIONS

       The following command line options are available.

       -n, --newline
	   By default, output is written to stdout followed by a "newline" (ASCII character 0x0a). If option -n is used, this newline character is
	   omitted.

       -e, --expand
	   If option -e is used, string can contain special "%x" constructs which are expanded before the output is written. Currently the
	   following constructs are recognized:

	   %B  switch terminal mode to bold display mode.

	   %b  switch terminal mode back to normal display mode.

	   %u  the current user name.

	   %U  the current user id (numerical).

	   %g  the current group name.

	   %G  the current group id (numerical).

	   %h  the current hostname (without any domain extension).

	   %d  the current domain name.

	   %D  the current day of the month.

	   %M  the current month (numerical).

	   %m  the current month name.

	   %Y  the current year.

EXAMPLE

	#   shell script
	shtool echo -n -e "Enter your name [%B%u%b]: "; read name
	shtool echo -e "Your Email address might be %u@%h%d"
	shtool echo -e "The current date is %D-%m-%Y"

HISTORY

       The GNU shtool echo command was originally written by Ralf S.  Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 1998 for Website META Language (WML)
       under the name buildinfo. It was later taken over into GNU shtool.

SEE ALSO

       shtool(1), echo(1).

18-Jul-2008							   shtool 2.0.8 						SHTOOL-ECHO.TMP(1)
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