.TH AUTODIST "1" "April 2005" "@PACKAGE_NAME@ @VERSION@" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
Autodist \- Source distribution management system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B autodist
[options] [distribution] [version] [params]
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The Autodist is a source distribution management system that allows 
powerful mechanisms to define what is included in and excluded from a 
distribution, and what license the distribution is released under.  It is 
also used to create the actual distribution source packages.  Autodist 
allows distribution management in file, directory and file content level.  
Different distributions may include different portions of files, for 
example, excluding certain features from certain distributions.  It is 
always guaranteed that anything not defined for the distribution, is 
removed automatically (files, file content, directories), thus ensuring 
that nothing is accidentally included in the distribution.
.PP
Autodist is closely related to the Autoconf and Automake tools, and 
complements the features Autoconf and Automake provides.  It is especially 
targeted into circumstances where multiple distributions are created from 
one source tree.  The Autoconf and Automake environment is mainly designed 
for one application per one source tree situations.  Autodist provides 
mechanisms to create all kinds of distributions that can be created from 
one source tree.  To be able to use Autodist, the Autoconf and Automake 
must be installed into the system.
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.B Operation modes:
.PP
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Prints the help for the Autodist and exits.
.PP
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Prints version number and exits.
.PP
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Verbosely report processing.
.PP
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-distdir\fR
Search distributions from <dir> instead of default 'distdir'.
.PP
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-distdefs\fR \fB[<dist>]\fR
Prints distribution defines of <dist> and exits.
.PP
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-init\fR
Initializes Autodist environment.  Creates the default distribution
directory 'distdir', 'autodist.conf' configuration file and the
default distribution 'default', then exits.
.PP
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-process\fR \fB<type>\fR \fB<src>\fR \fB<dst>\fR
Process file <src> into <dst> for distribution, <type> is 'makefile', 
'configure', 'non-source' or 'source' and defines the type of <src>.
.PP
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-makedist\fR
Creates and packages distribution
.PP
.TP
\fB\-\-gzip\fR
Create package compressed with gzip (default)
.PP
.TP
\fB\-\-bzip2\fR
Create also package compressed with bzip2
.PP
.TP
\fB\-\-compress\fR
Create also package compressed with compress
.PP
.TP
\fB\-\-zip\fR
Create also package compressed with zip
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2005 Pekka Riikonen, SILC Project
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR autoconf (1),
.BR automake (1),
.PP
The full documentation for
.B autodist
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B autodist
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info autodist
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.