List of files in this entry with a brief description

• prog.c
  • This is the source file to the weasel program [1].
• prog.alt.c
  • This is the source code file to the weasel.alt program [1].
• test.sh
  • Script provided to test the weasel program [1].
• test-strings.txt
  • The test.sh script reads from this file and runs the program with these target strings.
• Makefile
  • The Makefile that simplifies compilation as well as providing some deep magic and other things designed by the IOCCC judges. There’s also a make test target that runs the test.sh script. The index.html file shows how to pass options to the script itself [1].
• weasel.1
  • The man page for weasel.
• README.md
  • The source of the index.html file [3].
• rpm.md
  • This file briefly answers ‘why’ I submitted an rpm spec file ‘weasel.spec’ as well as the possibility of building the RPM for others (despite the fact I am confident that I’m the only one who would make use of it). This file isn’t included in the RPM itself; it remains only on the IOCCC website.
• weasel.spec
  • The RPM spec file for building the RPM. This is specific to the entry on the IOCCC website but would also be available in the source rpm file if it was built.
• FILES.html
  • This web page.
• FILES.md
  • The markdown source file for FILES.html

Footnote

The follow footnotes are for if the weasel program is installed into the system via the RPM file (that can be built by say rpmbuild -bb weasel.spec on an RPM linux system).

As I noted before it was primarily personal reasons that I submitted the spec file. Years later I thought of removing it but since I quite enjoyed the judges’ remarks I have kept it in place. Please note that the paths below are dependent on the prefix used in installation; where I suggest /usr it is equally possible it could be under ‘/usr/local’, for example.

[1] Note that prog.c and prog.alt.c would be linked to weasel.c and weasel.alt.c (respectively) in the /usr/src/weasel subdirectory.

[2] The file would most likely be compressed as weasel.1.gz under the /usr/share/man/man1 subdirectory.

[3] These files would be in the /usr/share/doc/weasel subdirectory.

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