New group advocates for FOSS in libraries


 
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Old 05-19-2008
New group advocates for FOSS in libraries

Mon, 19 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT
A new advocacy group, the Public Software Foundation (PSF), is working to make free and open source software available to local libraries so it can be checked out and used just like a book or video. The premise is simple: hand out one CD and maybe you've taught one person; make it available in a library and perhaps you'll reach hundreds or thousands.


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mkepmlist(1)						      Easy Software Products						      mkepmlist(1)

NAME
mkepmlist - make an epm list file from a directory. SYNOPSIS
mkepmlist [ -g group ] [ -u user ] [ --prefix directory ] directory [ ... directory ] DESCRIPTION
mkepmlist recursively generates file list entries for files, links, and directories. The file list is send to the standard output. The -g option overrides the group ownership of the files in the specified directories with the specified group name. The -u option overrides the user ownership of the files in the specified directories with the specified user name. The --prefix option adds the specified directory to the destination path. For example, if you installed files to "/opt/foo" and wanted to build a distribution that installed the files in "/usr/local", the following command would generate a file list that is installed in "/usr/local": mkepmlist --prefix=/usr/local /opt/foo >foo.list SEE ALSO
epm(1) - create software packages epminstall(1) - add a directory, file, or symlink to a list file epm.list(5) - epm list file format COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1999-2007 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER- CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. 3 April 2006 ESP Package Manager mkepmlist(1)