bg-installer: Standardzied installer program

The program bg-installer reads an installation instruction file from standard input, and executes the instructions in the directory named on the command line. More...

Each line in the file is an individual instruction. Blank lines and lines beginning with # are ignored. All other lines must have following format:

CMD:[UID]:[GID]:MODE:DIR[:FILENAME[:SOURCE]]

CMD is a single character specifying the installation command.
UID (optional) is the owner ID for the target file
GID (optional) is the group ID for the target file
MODE is the permissions of the installed file in octal.
DIR is the subdirectory of the installation prefix for the destination file.
FILENAME (optional) is the name of the file to install into the directory. It may be omitted for directories.
SOURCE (optional) is the name of the source file to install, if it differs from the destination file, or the path in the symlink.

The target filename is PREFIX/TOP/DIR/FILENAME where PREFIX is the value of $install_prefix if it is set, TOP is the directory given on the command line, and DIR and FILENAME given in the installation file.

c lines copy regular files from the current directory
d lines create directories
s lines create symlinks (UID, GID, and MODE are ignored)

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