is an archiver & backup program with builtin compression (generates cpio-format archives).
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| make | | make |
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| Side note on compiler warnings: | | Side note on compiler warnings: |
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| You may get some compiler warnings -- these do not always indicate a | | You may get some compiler warnings -- these do not always indicate a |
| real problem. (The GCC maintainers add new types of warning messages | | real problem. (The GCC maintainers add new types of warning messages |
| regularly, and afio is usually behind in updating the sources to | | regularly, and afio is usually behind in updating the sources to |
| eliminate new warnings.) | | eliminate new warnings.) |
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| | If you see warning like: |
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| | ignoring return value of X, declared with attribute warn_unused_result |
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| | these are spurious are generated by a bug in glibc: they can be ignored. |
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| See the file PORTING for more information on compiling afio on | | See the file PORTING for more information on compiling afio on |
| non-Linux machines. | | non-Linux machines. |
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| STEP 2 (OPTIONAL). Regression tests. | | STEP 2 (OPTIONAL). Regression tests. |
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| Optionally, you can run some automatic regression tests to check if | | Optionally, you can run some automatic regression tests to check if |
| the new afio binary works OK. If you have an older version of afio | | the new afio binary works OK. If you have an older version of afio |
| installed, the tests will also check (just to be extra paranoid) if | | installed, the tests will also check (just to be extra paranoid) if |
| the archive format used by the old binary is still interoperable with | | the archive format used by the old binary is still interoperable with |
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| Do this manually, or type | | Do this manually, or type |
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| make install | | make install |
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| which installs the afio binary in /usr/local/bin, and the manual page | | which installs the afio binary in /usr/local/bin, and the manual page |
| in /usr/share/man/man1 -- these are the correct locations for most | | in /usr/share/man/man1 -- these are the correct locations for most |
| Linux systems. | | Linux systems. |
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| ** Warning: older versions the afio `make install' (before | | |
| 2.4.7.9beta) used /usr/bin as the executable install directory. If | | |
| /usr/bin is before /usr/local/bin in your PATH, you might have to | | |
| delete or rename any older version of afio in /usr/bin. | | |
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| Notes on using afio | | Notes on using afio |
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| Afio has far too many options to be used directly from the command | | Afio has far too many options to be used directly from the command |
| line, it is best used as an `archive engine' in a backup script. | | line, it is best used as an `archive engine' in a backup script. |
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| See the file SCRIPTS for more information on backup scripts that use | | See the file SCRIPTS for more information on backup scripts that use |
| afio. | | afio. |
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| See the file PORTING for information on compiling afio on non-Linux | | See the file PORTING for information on compiling afio on non-Linux |
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