PACOBALL(8)                         System                         PACOBALL(8)



NAME
       pacoball - Binary package support for paco(8).

SYNOPSIS
       pacoball [-bgfxtv] [-d DIR] [-1..9] [-a|<packages>]
       pacoball -e [-ltv] [-C DIR] [-r DIR] <pacoballs>

DESCRIPTION
       By  default,  pacoball  may be given one or more package names as argu-
       ments, and for each of those  packages  it  creates  a  binary  tarball
       (.tar.bz2 or .tar.gz) containing all the currently installed files. For
       this to work the input packages have  to  be  registered  in  the  paco
       database.
       Leading  slashes  ('/') are stripped from the paths of the files in the
       tarballs.

       With option -e, pacoball admits one or more previously created tarballs
       ("pacoballs")  as arguments, and installs them into the system, option-
       ally logging the installation with paco.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
       too.

GENERAL OPTIONS
       -t, --test
              Test compressed file integrity.

       -h, --help
              Show usage information and exit.

       -v, --verbose
              Verbose output.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

PACKAGE CREATION OPTIONS
       -a, --all
              Create  a pacoball for each package logged in the paco database.

       -d, --directory=DIR
              Create the pacoballs in directory DIR (default is '.').

       -b, --bzip2
              Compress with bzip2 (this is the default).

       -g, --gzip
              Compress with gzip.

       -#     Set the compression level (speed/quality balance). '#' is a num-
              ber between 1 (faster compression) and 9 (best compression).

       --fast An alias for -1.

       --best An alias for -9.

       -f, --force
              Force overwrite of existing output files.

       -x, --expand
              Expand the command line package names (as in paco).

PACKAGE EXTRACTION OPTIONS
       -e, --extract
              Extract  (install)  the  given  <pacoballs>, in directory '/' by
              default.

       -l, --log
              Log the file extraction with paco(8), retrieving the  appropiate
              package name from the name of the pacoball.

       -C, --root=DIR
              Extract  the files into directory DIR (as the -C option in tar).

       -r, --fakeroot=DIR
              With -l: Remove leading DIRs from the logged files, and log  the
              package in DIR/LOGDIR.

FILES
       /etc/pacorc - paco configuration file
       /var/log/paco - default paco log directory

WEB SITE
       The latest version of pacoball should be always available at:
            http://paco.sourceforge.net

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004-2007  David Rosal <david.3r@gmail.com>
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       paco(8), pacorc(5), superpaco(8), rpm2paco(8)



paco-2.0.0                       03 June 2007                      PACOBALL(8)