sibarrick Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Has anyone used the proto_install program to make an archive for distribution? In the help toolkit/html/intro/tools.html it says proto_installThis program can be used to package a DSO for export to foreign sites. The program reads a configuration file and creates an archive file which can be extracted at the foreign site by using the proto_install command. The configuration file must be called MANIFEST and contains a list of files which should be installed. The structure of the file is: command filename target_path install_mode It thens goes on to explain everything except how to actually make the archive Running proto-install itself yeilds this Usage: ...\proto_install [-l|-x archive] or: ...\proto_install -i <install_path> -p <archive> This program will install prototype software for Houdini Prototype software includes plug-ins for Houdini which are not supported in the standard release. There may be several reasons why the software is shipped as a plug-in instead of in the standard release. If the -l option is given, the contents of the specified archive are listed. If the -x option is given, the specified archive is extracted into the current directory. If the -i option is given, the first package matching the given name is installed into the specified directory. (eg. $HH) So it says how to extract but not how to package.... Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 The method to do that is likely itself unsupported. You could try doing something like this for your MANIFEST file r README x 0666 c SOP_MySop.dll dso/ 0555 c SOP_MySop.icon config/Icons/ 0444 Then from the same directory as MANIFEST and those files, run: proto_install -p SOP_MySop This should create SOP_MySop.idx and SOP_MySop.inst which can then be extracted as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibarrick Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Cheers I'll try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibarrick Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Damn, unfortunately it doesn't seem to read the -i (install path) so it's no better than a zip file. Oh well, it was worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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