Question related to script distribution
Question related to script distribution
I am sorry and aware this is the wrong community. However, I am unable to find Ask Programmer.
I wrote a small bash script, and I would like to share it on GitHub. However, to operate probably it requires dir with some files in user $HOME dir.
The only solutions came to my mind were, tar the directory BUT is this pragmatic solution?
Look into the install command.
Often folks will include a makefile with an install target that places the various needed files in the correct locations.
Correct me if I misunderstood, I will include
Makefile, and when runmake installit will executeinstallcommand?Correct.
make installcommand will invoke install once for each file you need put in place.Make is just a tool that I like to use, you could even just add an install.sh script that sets up all the needed files.
Just put it in a tar.gz and require the files to be relative to the script, not $HOME.