From 6855999fb9dfb43e2da829c4d85ef532174a1405 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Mares Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 21:22:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README: Explain the building process slightly better --- README | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 99f58fd..672f815 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ This is a tool for processing column-oriented text files. It handles several formats of files including CSV, fields with fixed delimiters, fields separated by arbitrary whitespace, regex matching, formatting of tables and so on. -See the man page for full description. +Compilation instructions: + + o Use "make" to build the tool (xsv) and its manual page (xsv.1). + + o Use "make tests" to run the testsuite. + + o Use "make install" to install the package to /usr/local/ + (or anywhere else if you override PREFIX). The program has been tested on Linux, but it should run on an arbitrary POSIX -system with a C99 compiler and the PCRE library. Building of documentation +system with a C99 compiler and the PCRE library. Building of the manual page requires AsciiDoc (any reasonably recent version should work). -Use "make" to build and "make tests" to run the test suite. - All bug reports and suggestions are welcome, especially when accompanied by patches. -- 2.39.2