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- # readme. - GNU fileutils for MS-DOS -*-Text-*-
- # Copyright (C) 1990 by Thorsten Ohl, ohl@gnu.ai.mit.edu
-
-
- COPYLEFT
-
- The programs are all copylefted under the GNU General Public license.
- Each file I have changed carries a prominent notice. This notice does
- *not* imply that my changes are substantial in any way, they're there
- mainly to identify the files.
-
-
- ADDITIONAL FILES
-
- To recompile the fileutils you need also the `gnulib', which includes:
-
- * error.c, getopt.c, getopt.h, getopt1.c, glob.c, regex.c, regex.h:
- MS-DOS versions of the like-named GNU modules.
-
- * _cwild.c: filename globbing on the commandline
- * ndir.c, ndir.h: MS-DOS directory access
- * pwd.c, pwd.h: stubs for **IX getuid () etc. functions
-
- * gnulib.h: prototypes for the above
-
- Please excuse the inconveniece of having to ftp a separate library, but
- these modules are used by almost all GNU programs, so it makes no sense
- to keep separate versions for each package. Some packages at prep
- include antique versions of these modules (grep, sed, ...), so I think it's
- better to have definitive versions in *one* place.
-
-
- DOCUMENTATION
-
- The GNU distribution contains as of version 1.4 a complete set of
- (short) manpages for the programs. The MS-DOS specific documentation is
- in the `perl' script `fileutil.pl'. This script will generate a complete
- texinfo file from itself and the manpages (note that this is not a
- general purpose roff -> texinfo conversion program, it's just tailored
- for the fileutils manpages). This approach makes updating the manpages
- very easy.
-
- The makefile assumes that the manpages live in the subdirectory man.
-
- If you don't have `perl' you can still delete the `perl' statements
- (they're all concentrated at the beginning and at two places near the end
- of the file) from `fileutil.pl' and TeX it. You will have to `roff' the
- manpages in this case.
-
- Please note that the documentattion is still not quite finished.
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