I am sorry and aware this is the wrong community. However, I am unable to find Ask Programmer.

I wrote a small bash script, and I would like to share it on GitHub. However, to operate probably it requires dir with some files in user $HOME dir.

The only solutions came to my mind were, tar the directory BUT is this pragmatic solution?

  • @[email protected]English
    4•2 months ago

    Look into the install command.

    Often folks will include a makefile with an install target that places the various needed files in the correct locations.

    • @1_4M_N008OP
      3•2 months ago

      Correct me if I misunderstood, I will include Makefile, and when run make install it will execute install command?

      • @[email protected]English
        2•2 months ago

        Correct.

        make install command will invoke install once for each file you need put in place.

        Make is just a tool that I like to use, you could even just add an install.sh script that sets up all the needed files.

        • @1_4M_N008OP
          1•2 months ago

          sorry to bother but I was thinking, should I consider ./install.sh executed with root and non-root perm If so, essential files should placed in /usr/local/share?

          • @[email protected]English
            2•2 months ago

            Not sure I have enough context to really tell you what to do here. It’s semi normal for folks to have scripts in /home/<user>/bin

  • @FizzyOrange
    1•2 months ago

    Just put it in a tar.gz and require the files to be relative to the script, not $HOME.