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     MKDIST(1)                                               MKDIST(1)

     NAME
          mkdist, insdist - make and install distribution packages

     SYNOPSIS
          /usr/lib/dist/mkdist [-v] [-D old=new] [-[Xx] command] files
          ...

          /usr/lib/dist/insdist [-v] [-D old=new] [-R rootdir]

     DESCRIPTION
          Mkdist packages the named files into a distribution package
          on the standard output.  A distribution package is an ordi-
          nary tar(1) file, containing the files of the package as
          well as installation information for use by insdist.

          The -D option to both mkdist and insdist allows prefix sub-
          stitution to be performed on pathnames going into the dis-
          tribution.  (Mkdist arranges for all file names in the dis-
          tribution to be absolute path names, by prepending the cur-
          rent directory to any relative pathname arguments.)  At most
          one -D option will be applied to any name in the distribu-
          tion, so there are no substitution loops.  If multiple -D
          options might match a given file name, the leftmost one from
          the command line is chosen.  The -R option (insdist only)
          additionally specifies that all files are to be unpacked
          relative to the given root directory.

          The -X and -x options to mkdist allow a command to be given
          that will be executed when the distribution is unpacked by
          insdist . These options are identical, except that pathname
          prefix substitution from -D options will be applied to a
          command specified in a -X option.

          The -v option turns on verbose output describing what's
          going on.

     SEE ALSO
          tar(1)

     BUGS
          The -v option should show more.