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NAME

6       rpmdev-spectool - manual page for rpmdev-spectool 1.1.0
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DESCRIPTION

9       usage:  rpmdev-spectool  [-h]  [--list-files] [--get-files] [--version]
10       [--all]  [--sources]  [--patches]  [--source  SOURCE]  [--patch  PATCH]
11       [--define  DEFINE]  [--directory  DIRECTORY]  [--sourcedir] [--dry-run]
12       [--force] [--debug] specfile
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14       Spectool is a tool to expand and  download  sources  and  patches  from
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17       If you experience problems with specific specfiles, try to run
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19              rpmbuild --nobuild --nodeps <specfile>
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21       on  the  file which might give a clue why spectool fails on a file (ig‐
22       nore anything about missing sources or patches). The plan is  to  catch
23       errors  like  this in spectool itself and warn the user about it in the
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26   positional arguments:
27              specfile
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29   options:
30       -h, --help
31              show this help message and exit
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33   Operating mode:
34       --list-files, --lf, -l
35              lists the expanded sources/patches (default)
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37       --get-files, --gf, -g
38              gets the sources/patches that are listed with a URL
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40       --version, -V
41              Print the version and exit
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43   Files on which to operate:
44       --all, -a
45              all files, sources and patches (default)
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53       --source SOURCE, -s SOURCE
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59   Miscellaneous:
60       --define DEFINE, -d DEFINE
61              defines RPM macro 'macro' to be 'value'
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63       --directory DIRECTORY, -C DIRECTORY
64              download into specified directory (default '.')
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66       --sourcedir, -R
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69       --dry-run, --dryrun, -n
70              don't download anything, just show what would be done
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73              try to unlink and download if target files exist
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80rpmdev-spectool 1.1.0            January 2023               RPMDEV-SPECTOOL(1)
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