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About Describe
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First off: make sure the directory /usr/local/lib exists!!!
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This is yet another project I've been sitting on for a while, but have
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finally decided to release. The basic idea of the 'describe' package
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(the descc "compiler" and describe itself) is to provide a quick, easy
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way of accessing information related to the utilities which so many
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different people are releasing these days. The reason it sat around on
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my harddrive so long is I was having qualms about its designated role in
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life. I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted it to do. Well, I've decided
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to KISS for now: descc simply compiles the utility list, which I maintain,
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into a (very) simple "database" located in /usr/local/lib/. The companion
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utility 'describe' is used to fetch information about a particular utility
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from this "database".
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descc is fairly limited, as is the "database" format itself. Part of the
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KISS (or it wouldn't be out now) design philosophy ;). Usage is simple:
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when you get a new listing (I'll provide monthly updates), simply "descc
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<filename>" where <filename> is the name of the newly released update.
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descc will simply write over the old database and replace it with the
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new (note: no appendages allowed).
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As always, coments are appreciated. And, moreso than on other projects,
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I'd appreciate some comments about the direction I'm going in, suggestions
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as to where to take this, etc. I have a feeling that some fields in the
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format (eg, FTP:) are rather useless, and I'd like to know what you guys
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out there think.
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James Brookes
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jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
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