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diff --git a/INSTALL_MAINT b/INSTALL_MAINT index 5066a55..20ee264 100644 --- a/INSTALL_MAINT +++ b/INSTALL_MAINT @@ -97,3 +97,15 @@ Information for HDF5 maintainers: which limits the number of children to two (this doesn't work at the top level because the `-j2' is not passed to recursive makes). + +* To create a release tarball go to the top-level directory and run + ./bin/release. You can optionally supply one or more of the words + `tar', `gzip', `bzip2' or `compress' on the command line. The + result will be a (compressed) tar file(s) in the `releases' + directory. The README file is updated to contain the release date + and version number. + +* To create a tarball of all the files which are part of HDF5 go to + the top-level directory and type: + + tar cvf foo.tar `grep '^\.' MANIFEST |unexpand |cut -f1` |