NAME

       rpm2html - make an html database from rpm repository

SYNOPSIS

       rpm2html [-q][-v][-force][-lang langfile] config-file

DESCRIPTION

       Rpm2html  tries to solve 2 big problems one face when grabbing a RPM package from a mirror
       on the net and trying to install it:

       -    it gives more information than just the filename before installing the package.

       -    it tries to solve the dependency problem by analyzing all the Provides  and  Requires
            of the set of RPMs. It shows the cross references by the way of hypertext links.

       The second point will only be efficient if the actual number of indexed RPMs is important.

       Each  configuration  file  is  handled  independently  as  if  it  was a new invocation of
       rpm2html.

       A configuration file represents a list of directories and a ditribution as  a  whole.  All
       the  references  between  packages  listed  in the directories of a single config file are
       marked by hyperlinks in the resulting HTML files. Here  is  the  process  leading  to  the
       creation of the HTML pages:

         1/  The configuration file is parsed, it sets all the default values for rpm2html.  Then
       all the directory entries are parsed and a list of directories to scan is built.

         2/ For each directory, the RPM are scanned, the HTML  page  describing  the  package  is
       generated  immediately.All  resources  provided and needed by the RPM file are stored in a
       list of resources. A list of parsed RPMs is also constructed.

         3/ Once all the RPM for this config file have been scanned all resources are  dumped  in
       resources  files  with links to the RPM providing them (one could also add the RPM needing
       them but everything needs libc for example).

         4/ The sorted lists of packages are generated  by  sorting  the  RPM  list  for  various
       criteria and general front-end pages are generated unsing the new list order.

         5/  The main page is generated with links to the various front-end pages, statistics and
       description of the packages analyzed.

         6/ All the lists are freed and global variables are reset.

       rpm2html is now ready to handle the next configuration file.

CONFIGURATION

       A configuration file a text file, lines beginning with semicolumns are comments. The first
       part  is  a global section defining some important parameters of rpm2html.  Parameters are
       defined with the syntax:

       variable=value
       Values shouln't be quoted and end up with the end of line

       The folowing variables are supported:

       maint     The maintainer of the local mirror, NEEDED !

       mail      The E-mail of the maintainer, NEEDED !

       dir       The directory for for the HTML output, NEEDED !

       url       The URL for the HTML files on the WWW server

       host      The hostname for the server.

       After these variables, one section should be filled for  each  directory  on  your  system
       containing RPM files.  It starts with the directory filename between brackets:

       [The name between brackets is the directory, NEEDED !]

       The  special directory name [localbase] extract information from the RPM base of installed
       software instead of listing a directory.  It  allows  one  to  dump  HTML  pages  for  the
       installed RPM base on a machine.

       All  the  variables  defined  below until the next directory or the end of file pertain to
       this directory.  Here are the possible variables:

       name      A significant name for this mirror, NEEDED !

       ftp       The original FTP/HTTP url, NEEDED !

       ftpsrc    Where the associated sources are stored

       color     Background color for pages

       trust     Unused yet

       url       The local FTP/HTTP url.

       It is possible to indicate other mirrors by adding some  mirror=value  lines  withing  the
       section. The first one will be considered the local one.

EXAMPLE

       Example of configuration files:

       ;
       ; Sample configuration file for rpm2html
       ;

       maint=Joe
       mail=joe@mydistrib.org

       dir=/home/http/html/MyDistrib
       url=/Mydistrib

       tree=true

       rdf=true
       rdf_dir=/home/ftp/pub/mydistrib/RDF

       [/MyDistrib/RPM/noarch]
       name=Arch independent packages for MyDistrib
       ftp=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/noarch
       subdir=noarch

       [/MyDistrib/RPM/i386]
       name=i386 packages for MyDistrib
       ftp=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/i386
       ftpsrc=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/srcs
       color=#e0ffff
       subdir=i386
       mirror=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/i386
       mirror=ftp://ftp.elsewhere.org/pub/mydistrib/i386

       [/MyDistrib/RPM/alpha]
       name=Alpha packages for MyDistrib
       ftp=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/alpha
       ftpsrc=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/srcs
       color=#ffe0ff
       subdir=alpha
       mirror=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/alpha
       mirror=ftp://ftp.elsewhere.org/pub/mydistrib/alpha

       [/MyDistrib/RPM/sparc]
       name=Sparc packages for MyDistrib
       ftp=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/sparc
       ftpsrc=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/srcs
       color=#ffffe0
       subdir=sparc

       [/MyDistrib/RPM/ppc]
       name=PPC packages for MyDistrib
       ftp=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/ppc
       ftpsrc=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/srcs
       color=#e0ffe0
       subdir=ppc
       mirror=ftp://ftp.mydistrib.org/pub/mydistrib/ppc
       mirror=ftp://ftp.pear.com/pub/mydistrib/ppc

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       files
            List of configuration files

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0   Successful completion.

       >0  An error occurred.

SEE ALSO

       rpm(1),

                                           22 Feb 1998                                rpm2html(1)