NAME

       icmstart.rc - The icmstart(1) resource file

DESCRIPTION

       The icmstart.rc file specifies files that are installed by icmstart(1).

       A     default    icmstart.rc    is    found    in    /etc/icmake/icmstart.rc,    but    if
       $HOME/.icmake/icmstart.rc  exists  then  the  latter  file   is   used   by   icmstart(1).
       $HOME/.icmake/icmstart.rc  in  turn  is  overruled by specifying a -c option when invoking
       icmstart(1).

       The default resource  file  contains  the  following  specifications,  preparing  for  the
       construction of a C++ program using icmbuild(1):

           CLASSES
           icmconf
           P  main.cc
           P  main.ih
           Pb usage.cc
           Pb version.cc
           P ? scanner
           P ? parser

       The icmstart.rc file may contain:

       o      empty lines, which are ignored;

       o      lines beginning with a hash-character (#), also ignored;

       o      an optional installation mode followed by a source-destination specification.

INSTALLATION MODE

       An installation mode consists of a combination of:

       o      either  a  P  (don’t install with icmstart xxx library) or an L (don’t install with
              icmstart xxx program);

       o      a D, indicating that the source must also be installed by default, i.e., if neither
              `program’ or `library’ was specified as second argument;

       o      a  b, indicating that the file must not be installed if the -b (basic installation)
              option was specified when calling icmstart;

       o      Following the optional  P, L, D, or b character a space delimited optional ? may be
              specified. If specified the installation of the file or directory must be confirmed
              by the user.

SOURCE-DESTINATION SPECIFICATIONS

       The following source-destination specifications can be used in an icmstart.rc file  (using
       skeletons below to refer to icmstart’s skeleton files directory):

       o      source
              a  file  named  source  must exist in skeletons. It is installed in the destination
              directory `dest’ that’s specified when calling icmstart(1). Example:

                  CLASSES

              skeletons/CLASSES is installed as dest/CLASSES;

       o      pathspec
              if `pathspec’ does not begin with a slash  it  must  exist  in  skeletons.   It  is
              installed  as  `pathspec’  in  the  destination  directory  specified  when calling
              icmstart(1). Example:

                  dir/file

              skeletons/file is installed as dest/dir/file;

       o      /pathspec or ~/pathspec
              the ~-character is expanded to the user’s  home  directory.  The  pathspec’s  final
              element   is   installed  in  the  destination  directory  specified  when  calling
              icmstart(1). Example:

                  ~/.icmake/file

              $HOME/.icmake/file is installed as dest/file

       When the above source specifications are followed by a destination specification  destspec
       (a  file  or  non-absolute  directory  specification)  then  the  source  specification is
       installed  as  dest/destspec  below  the  destination  directory  specified  when  calling
       icmstart(1). Examples:

           CLASSES CLASSES             # skeletons/CLASSES is installed as
                                       #   dest/CLASSES
           dir/file dir/file           # skeletons/dir/file is installed as
                                       #   dest/dir/file
           ~/.icmake/file .icmake/file # $HOME/.icmake/file is installed as
                                       #   dest/.icmake/file

       Icmstart converts destination specifications to absolute paths. If these absolute paths do
       not begin with dest’s absolute path then an error message is displayed and icmstart ends.

FILES

       The mentioned paths are sugestive only and may be installation dependent:

       o      /usr/share/icmake/icmconf: example of an icmbuild configuration file;

       o      /usr/share/icmake/CLASSES: example of an icmbuild CLASSES file;

       o      /usr/share/icmake/icmstart.rc: default skeleton resource file.

SEE ALSO

       icmake(1), icmbuild(1), icmconf(7), icmstart(1)

BUGS

       None reported

COPYRIGHT

       This is free software, distributed under the terms  of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
       (GPL).

AUTHOR

       Frank B. Brokken (f.b.brokken@rug.nl).