1. mast(1)
2. Mast
3. mast(1)

NAME

mast - manifest generator

SYNOPSIS

mast [<command>] [<options>...]

DESCRIPTION

The manifest listing tool is used to list, create or update a manifest for a directory (eg. to define a "package"), or compare a manifest to actual directory contents. Mast is part of the ProUtils set of tools.

When no command is given, a manifest is dumped to standard out. If --file is specified, it will generate to that file instead.

COMMANDS

-c, --create

Generate a new manifest. (default)

-u, --update

Update an existing manifest.

-l, --list

List the files given in the manifest file. (Use -f to specify an alternate file.)

-D, --diff

Diff manifest file against actual.

-n, --new

List existant files that are not given in the manifest.

-o, --old

List files given in the manifest but are non-existent.

-v, --verify

Verify that a manifest matches actual.

-r, --recent

Verify that a manifest is more recent than actual.

--clean

Remove non-manifest files. (Will ask for confirmation first.)

-h, --help

Display this help message.

OPTIONS

-a, --all

Include all files. This deactivates deafult exclusions so it is possible to make complete list of all contents.

-d, --dir

When creating a list include directory paths; by default only files are listed.

-b, --bang

Generate manifest using the options from the bang line of the manifest file.

-f, --file PATH

Path to manifest file. This applies to comparison commands. If not given then the file matching 'MANIFEST', case-insensitive and with an optional '.txt' extension, in the current directory is used. If the path of the manifest file is anything else then the --file option must be specified.

-g, --digest TYPE

Include crytographic signiture. Type can be either md5, sha1, sha128, sha256, or sha512.

-x, --exclude PATH

Exclude a file or dir from the manifest matching against full pathname. You can use --exclude repeatedly.

-i, --ignore PATH

Exclude a file or dir from the manifest matching against an entries basename. You can use --ignore repeatedly.

--no-head

Suppress mast header from output.

--debug

Run command with Ruby's $DEBUG flag set to true.

EXAMPLES

mast
mast -u -f PUBLISH

SEE ALSO

ls(1)

1. RubyWorks
2. October 2011
3. mast(1)