X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=dss.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=f48784b5ea74f2d26b94e6e7618f80c52aeb6cd9;hp=db3d1c56386bb4c117c333adbe84c4694664c9e9;hb=3025388040c1521121255e5ae7ceabdcb1b1e421;hpb=bf4beb6878cfcf692755807486f95e835f807b72 diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index db3d1c5..f48784b 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +dss is known to compile on Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD. However, it is +run-tested only on Linux. + +Note that [lopsub](http://people.tuebingen.mpg.de/maan/lopsub) +is required to compile dss. + Type make @@ -6,21 +12,6 @@ in the dss source directory to build the dss executable and copy it to some directory that is included in your PATH, e.g. to `$HOME/bin` or to `/usr/local/bin`. -Note that [gnu -gengetopt](https://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt/gengetopt.html) -is required to compile dss. - -Optionally, type - - make man - -to create the man page of dss. This invokes help2man so make sure -that help2man is installed on your system. Note that the man page is -just the nroff variant of the output of `dss --detailed-help`. - -dss is known to compile on Linux, MacOS, Solaris, FreeBSD and -NetBSD. However, it is run-tested only on Linux. - Also make sure that [rsync](http://rsync.samba.org/) is installed on your system. Version 2.6.1 or newer is required. @@ -48,11 +39,11 @@ as follows: Then execute the commands mkdir /baz/qux - dss --run + dss run In order to print the list of all snapshots created so far, use - dss --ls + dss ls Yes, it's really that easy.