Difference between revisions of "Creating and Maintaining a Module Repository"
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== Layout of a Module repository == | == Layout of a Module repository == | ||
| − | A repository is an echo of the mods.d and modules area as found under any Sword module area on your system (e.g. ~/.sword) plus mods.d.tar.gz, as created by: | + | A repository is an echo of the '''mods.d''' and '''modules''' area as found under any Sword module area on your system (e.g. '''~/.sword''') plus '''mods.d.tar.gz''', as created by: |
tar czvf mods.d.tar.gz mods.d/* | tar czvf mods.d.tar.gz mods.d/* | ||
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Several front ends (particularly for small devices) do require modules in a different format though, as a zipped file. | Several front ends (particularly for small devices) do require modules in a different format though, as a zipped file. | ||
| + | '''mods.tar.gz''' is | ||
It is also helpful to people who have no access to direct internet connections to be able to download zipped modules. | It is also helpful to people who have no access to direct internet connections to be able to download zipped modules. | ||
Revision as of 10:35, 29 November 2008
Layout of a Module repository
A repository is an echo of the mods.d and modules area as found under any Sword module area on your system (e.g. ~/.sword) plus mods.d.tar.gz, as created by:
tar czvf mods.d.tar.gz mods.d/*
Several front ends (particularly for small devices) do require modules in a different format though, as a zipped file.
mods.tar.gz is It is also helpful to people who have no access to direct internet connections to be able to download zipped modules.
