his is a compilation of small but very stable and portable shell scripts
into a single shell tool. All ingredients were in successful use over many
years in various Open Source projects. The compiled shtool program is
intended to be used inside the source tree of Open Source packages. There
it can overtake various non-portable tasks related to the building and
installation of an Open Source package.
It currently contains the following tools:
echo Print command with optional construct expansion
fixperm Fix file permission inside a source tree
guessos Simple OS/Platform guesser
install Install a program, script or datafile
mkdir Make a directory
mkshadow Create a shadow tree
move Move files, but if files are the same just delete the source
path Deal with $PATH variables
prop Display a process indication though a running propeller
slo Separate Linker Options by library class
table Pretty print a field-sperarated list as a table
version Generate and maintain a version information file
The homepage with the latest release can be found on
http://www.engelschall.com/sw/shtool/
