Re: New package: makeself-2.1.5-2

["Lee D. Rothstein" <l1ee057 at veritech dot com>]

david sastre wrote:
> New package "makeself-2.1.5-2" has been uploaded.
>
> makeself is a small shell script that generates a self-extractable
> archive from a directory. The resulting file appears as a shell script
> (many of those have a .run suffix), and can be launched as is. The
> archive will then uncompress itself to a temporary directory and an
> optional arbitrary command will be executed (for example an installation
> script). Makeself archives also include checksums for integrity
> self-validation (CRC and/or MD5 checksums).
>
> Usage:
>
> makeself.sh [params] archive_dir file_name label [startup_script] [args]
>
> More info:
>
> makeself -h
>   

Shouldn't this be:

$ makeself.sh -h ?

Not that I want extraneous extensions, anyways.

Why are we using the '.sh' extension with 'makeself', again?

> man makeself
>   
Does it make sense that?:

$ man makeself

works but:

$ makeself -h

doesn't?

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makeselflessLee ;-)


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