pacoball(8)

1PACOBALL(8)                         System                         PACOBALL(8)
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NAME

6       pacoball - Binary package support for paco(8).
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SYNOPSIS

9       pacoball [-bgftv] [-d DIR] [-1..9] [-a|<packages>]
10       pacoball -e [-ltv] [-C DIR] <pacoballs>
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DESCRIPTION

13       By  default,  pacoball  may be given one or more package names as argu‐
14       ments, and for each of those  packages  it  creates  a  binary  tarball
15       (.tar.bz2 or .tar.gz) containing all the currently installed files. For
16       this to work the input packages have to be registered in the paco data‐
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18       Leading  slashes  ('/') are stripped from the paths of the files in the
19       tarballs.
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21       With option -e, pacoball admits one or more previously created tarballs
22       ("pacoballs")  as arguments, and installs them into the system, option‐
23       ally logging the installation with paco.
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25       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
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GENERAL OPTIONS

29       -t, --test
30              Test compressed file integrity.
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32       -h, --help
33              Show usage information and exit.
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35       -v, --verbose
36              Verbose output.
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38       -V, --version
39              Display version information and exit.
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PACKAGE CREATION OPTIONS

42       -a, --all
43              Create a pacoball for each package logged in the paco database.
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45       -d, --directory=DIR
46              Create the pacoballs in directory DIR (default is '.').
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48       -b, --bzip2
49              Compress with bzip2 (this is the default).
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51       -g, --gzip
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54       -#     Set the compression level (speed/quality balance). '#' is a num‐
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57       --fast An alias for -1.
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59       --best An alias for -9.
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61       -f, --force
62              Force overwrite of existing output files.
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PACKAGE EXTRACTION OPTIONS

65       -e, --extract
66              Extract (install) the given <pacoballs>,  in  directory  '/'  by
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69       -l, --log
70              Log  the file extraction with paco(8), retrieving the appropiate
71              package name from the name of the pacoball.
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73       -C, --root=DIR
74              Extract the files into directory DIR (as the -C option in tar).
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FILES

77       /etc/pacorc - paco configuration file
78       /var/log/paco - default paco log directory
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WEB SITE

81       The latest version of pacoball should be always available at:
82            http://paco.sourceforge.net
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COPYRIGHT

85       Copyright (C) 2004-2009 David Rosal <davidrr@sourceforge.net>
86       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
87       NO  warranty;  not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
88       PURPOSE.
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