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- DUPDATE.DOC
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- DUPDATE dist-dir dest-dir [FORCE][QUIET][NODEL] [DISTFILE distfilename]
- DUPDATE dist-file dest-dir [FORCE][QUIET][NODEL] [DISTFILE distfilename]
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- DUPDATE is a program that creates distributions. It creates an exact
- duplicate of the source directory tree in the destination with
- modifications according to control files in the tree. DUPDATE deletes
- files in the destination tree that do not exist in the source and updates
- files from the source into the destination tree that have been modified
- since the last dupdate (or copies them fresh if they do not exist).
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- FORCE - DUPDATE will not ask permission to copy a fresh file
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- QUIET - DUPDATE will not display verbose output
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- NODEL - DUPDATE will not delete files in the destination that do
- not exist in the source.
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- DISTFILE file
- - specify alternate control file that 'modifies' the
- dist update, default is .DistFiles
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- If a file ".DistFiles" exists in any directory of the source tree,
- updating of the destination is modified according to the file. This
- is a text file which may specify additional files/directories to add to
- the destination directory (pulled from other random places), files and
- directories NOT to include in the destination tree, or a list of specific
- files to include (where files not listed are not included).
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- By using the DISTFILE <file> option you can generate different
- distributions for different purposes all based in the same source tree.
- For example, I have a DISTFILE set to create the registered and
- non-registered DICE distributions and other DISTFILE files (using
- different names) to create the three floppies in the registered
- distribution.
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- In the first format, if the ONLY keyword is specified after the first
- file name only these files / sub-directories will be included from this
- directory. No other files will be copied
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- --- DISTFILE FORMAT #1 (this line not included) ---
- file_or_dir_name ONLY
- file_or_dir_name
- file_or_dir_name
- file_or_dir_name
- file_or_dir_name
- --- END DISTFILE FORMAT #1 (this line not included) ---
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- The second format allows files/directories to be made part of the
- destination tree that do not necessarily exist in the current directory.
- Additionally, specific files/directories that do exist in the current
- directory can be excluded. Any file/dir not explicitly unincluded using
- the 'no' keyword will be copied.
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- --- DISTFILE FORMAT #2 (this line not included) ---
- file_or_dir_path
- file_or_dir_path
- file_or_dir_path no
- file_or_dir_path no
- file_or_dir_path
- file_or_dir_path
- --- END DISTFILE FORMAT #2 (this line not included) ---
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