rpm2html(1)						      General Commands Manual						       rpm2html(1)

NAME

       rpm2html - make an html database from rpm repository

SYNOPSIS

       rpm2html [-q][-v][-force][-lang langfile] config-file

DESCRIPTION

       Rpm2html tries to solve 2 big problems one face when grabbing a RPM package from a mirror on the net and trying to install it:

       -    it gives more information than just the filename before installing the package.

       -    it	tries to solve the dependency problem by analyzing all the Provides and Requires of the set of RPMs. It shows the cross references
	    by the way of hypertext links.

       The second point will only be efficient if the actual number of indexed RPMs is important.

       Each configuration file is handled independently as if it was a new invocation of rpm2html.

       A configuration file represents a list of directories and a ditribution as a whole. All the  references	between  packages  listed  in  the
       directories  of	a  single config file are marked by hyperlinks in the resulting HTML files. Here is the process leading to the creation of
       the HTML pages:

	 1/ The configuration file is parsed, it sets all the default values for rpm2html.  Then all the directory entries are parsed and  a  list
       of directories to scan is built.

	 2/  For  each	directory,  the RPM are scanned, the HTML page describing the package is generated immediately.All ressources provided and
       needed by the RPM file are stored in a list of ressources. A list of parsed RPMs is also constructed.

	 3/ Once all the RPM for this config file have been scanned all ressources are dumped in ressources files with links to the RPM  providing
       them (one could also add the RPM needing them but everything needs libc for example).

	 4/  The  sorted  lists  of  packages are generated by sorting the RPM list for various criteria and general front-end pages are generated
       unsing the new list order.

	 5/ The main page is generated with links to the various front-end pages, statistics and description of the packages analyzed.

	 6/ All the lists are freed and global variables are reset.

       rpm2html is now ready to handle the next configuration file.

CONFIGURATION

       A configuration file a text file, lines beginning with semicolumns are comments. The first part is a global section defining some important
       parameters of rpm2html.	Parameters are defined with the syntax:

       variable=value
       Values shouln't be quoted and end up with the end of line

       The folowing variables are supported:

       maint	 The maintainer of the local mirror, NEEDED !

       mail	 The E-mail of the maintainer, NEEDED !

       dir	 The directory for for the HTML output, NEEDED !

       url	 The URL for the HTML files on the WWW server

       host	 The hostname for the server.

       After  these  variables, one section should be filled for each directory on your system containing RPM files.  It starts with the directory
       filename between brackets:

       [The name between brackets is the directory, NEEDED !]

       The special directory name [localbase] extract information from the RPM base of installed software  instead  of	listing  a  directory.	It
       allows to dump HTML pages for the installed RPM base on a machine.

       All the variables defined below until the next directory or the end of file pertain to this directory.  Here are the possible variables:

       name	 A significant name for this mirror, NEEDED !

       ftp	 The original FTP/HTTP url, NEEDED !

       ftpsrc	 Where the associated sources are stored

       color	 Background color for pages

       trust	 Unused yet

       url	 The local FTP/HTTP url.

       It  is possible to indicate other mirrors by adding some mirror=value lines withing the section. The first one will be considered the local
       one.

EXAMPLE

       Example of configuration files:

       ;
       ; Sample configuration file for rpm2html
       ;

       maint=Joe
       mail=joe@mydistrib.org

       dir=/home/http/html/MyDistrib
       url=/Mydistrib

       tree=true

       rdf=true
       rdf_dir=/home/ftp/pub/mydistrib/RDF

       [/MyDistrib/RPM/noarch]
       name=Arch independent packages for MyDistrib
       ftp=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/noarch
       subdir=noarch

       [/MyDistrib/RPM/i386]
       name=i386 packages for MyDistrib
       ftp=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/i386
       ftpsrc=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/srcs
       color=#e0ffff
       subdir=i386
       mirror=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/i386
       mirror=ftp://ftp.elsewhere.org/pub/mydistrib/i386

       [/MyDistrib/RPM/alpha]
       name=Alpha packages for MyDistrib
       ftp=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/alpha
       ftpsrc=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/srcs
       color=#ffe0ff
       subdir=alpha
       mirror=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/alpha
       mirror=ftp://ftp.elsewhere.org/pub/mydistrib/alpha

       [/MyDistrib/RPM/sparc]
       name=Sparc packages for MyDistrib
       ftp=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/sparc
       ftpsrc=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/srcs
       color=#ffffe0
       subdir=sparc

       [/MyDistrib/RPM/ppc]
       name=PPC packages for MyDistrib
       ftp=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/ppc
       ftpsrc=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/srcs
       color=#e0ffe0
       subdir=ppc
       mirror=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/ppc
       mirror=ftp://ftp.pear.com/pub/mydistrib/ppc

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       files
	    List of configuration files

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0   Successful completion.

       >0  An error occurred.

SEE ALSO

       rpm(1),

								    22 Feb 1998 						       rpm2html(1)