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+# generic utility modules
+# (c) 2001 jannet it services
+# contact@jannet.de
+# $Id$
+
+CFG_VARS = PROJECT DISTDIR HTMLDIR TARGET_HOST TARGET_DIR  \
+	TARGET_DIR_MODE TARGET_FILE_MODE TARGET_USER MAIN 
+FMT_OFFLINE = tex dvi ps pdf txt
+FMT = $(FMT_OFFLINE) html
+OUT = $(DISTDIR)/$(PROJECT)
+FMT_OUT = $(patsubst %,$(OUT).%.zip,$(FMT))
+FMT_OFFLINE_OUT = $(patsubst %,$(OUT).%.zip,$(FMT_OFFLINE))
+ALL = $(FMT_OUT) html_install
+TEXSRC = $(wildcard *.tex *.gif *.bmp Makefile) 
+
+WD = `pwd`
+NEWDIRS = $(DISTDIR) $(HTMLDIR) $(DVIDIR)
+
+all: $(ALL)
+
+tex: $(OUT).tex.zip
+dvi: $(OUT).dvi.zip
+ps: $(OUT).ps.zip
+txt: $(OUT).txt.zip
+html: $(OUT).html.zip
+
+cfgtest.done:
+	test -n "$(PROJECT)" # PROJECT
+	test -n "$(DISTDIR)" # DISTDIR
+	test -n "$(HTMLDIR)" # HTMLDIR
+	test -n "$(TARGET_HOST)" # TARGET_HOST
+	test -n "$(TARGET_DIR)" # TARGET_DIR
+	test -n "$(TARGET_DIR_MODE)" # TARGET_DIR_MODE
+	test -n "$(TARGET_FILE_MODE)" # TARGET_FILE_MODE
+	test -n "$(TARGET_USER)" # TARGET_USER
+	test -n "$(MAIN)" # MAIN
+	touch $@
+
+cfgtest: cfgtest.done
+
+%.clean:
+	rm -rf $(OUT).%.zip
+
+dirs.done:
+	mkdir -p $(NEWDIRS)
+	touch dirs.done
+
+dirs: dirs.done
+ 
+platform:
+	test $(shell uname -s) = Linux
+
+xdvi:
+	@echo "-- running latex just once ..."
+	latex $(MAIN).tex
+	xdvi $(MAIN).dvi
+
+$(OUT).tex.zip: cfgtest dirs $(TEXSRC)
+	@echo "-- creating zipfile with tex source files"
+	zip $@ $(TEXSRC) 2>/dev/null
+
+$(PROJECT).dvi: $(TEXSRC)
+	@echo "-- creating dvi file"
+	latex $(MAIN).tex; latex $(MAIN).tex; latex $(MAIN).tex;			
+	cp $(MAIN).dvi $@
+
+$(OUT).dvi.zip: $(PROJECT).dvi $(wildcard *.eps)
+	zip $@ $^
+
+$(PROJECT).txt: $(PROJECT).dvi
+	@echo "-- creating plain ascii file"
+	dvi2tty $< -w100 -o $@
+
+$(OUT).txt.zip: $(PROJECT).txt
+	zip $@ $<
+
+$(HTMLDIR): $(TEXSRC) $(FMT_OFFLINE_OUT)
+	test $(MAIN) != index
+	rm -rf $@
+	mkdir -p $@
+	latex2html -split 4 -show_section_numbers  -dir $(HTMLDIR) $(MAIN).tex
+	for OLD in $(HTMLDIR)/*.html ; do sed "s/file:\/usr\/lib\/latex2html\/icons\///g;" $$OLD>$$OLD.new; mv $$OLD.new $$OLD; done
+	rm $(HTMLDIR)/$(MAIN).html
+	cd $(HTMLDIR); sed "s/$(MAIN).html/index.html/g;"  node1.html > node1.html.new ; mv node1.html.new node1.html
+	cp -r $(DISTDIR) $@/download
+	cat index_template_head.html > $(HTMLDIR)/index.html
+	for FILE in $(DISTDIR); do SIZE=`ls -lk $$FILE | awk '{print $$5}'`;\
+		echo \<CENTER\>\<A HREF="download/$$FILE"\>$$FILE  \(size = $$SIZE Bytes\)\</A\>\</CENTER\> >> $(HTMLDIR)/index.html ;\
+		echo >> $(HTMLDIR)/index.html ;\
+	done
+	cat index_template_tail.html >> $(HTMLDIR)/index.html
+	cp *.gif $(HTMLDIR)
+	touch $@
+
+$(OUT).html.zip: dirs $(HTMLDIR)
+	@echo "-- creating zipfile with html source files"
+	zip -r $@ $(HTMLDIR)
+
+$(PROJECT).ps: $(PROJECT).dvi
+	@echo "-- creating postscript file"
+	dvips $<
+
+$(OUT).ps.zip: $(PROJECT).ps dirs
+	zip $@ $<
+
+$(PROJECT).pdf: $(PROJECT).ps
+	@echo "-- creating pdf file"
+	ps2pdf $<
+
+$(OUT).pdf.zip: $(PROJECT).pdf
+	zip $@ $<
+
+html_install: $(HTMLDIR)
+	@echo "-- installing html to $(TARGET_HOST):$(TARGET_DIR) as user $(TARGET_USER)"
+	ssh -l $(TARGET_USER) $(TARGET_HOST) -C "\
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR); chmod $(TARGET_DIR_MODE) $(TARGET_DIR)"
+	/usr/bin/rsync -a --delete -v --links -e /usr/bin/ssh $(HTMLDIR)/* $(TARGET_USER)@$(TARGET_HOST):$(TARGET_DIR)
+	ssh -l $(TARGET_USER) $(TARGET_HOST) -C "\
+	cd $(TARGET_DIR); find . -type d | xargs chmod $(TARGET_DIR_MODE); find . -type f | xargs chmod $(TARGET_FILE_MODE)"
+
+clean:
+	@echo "-- cleaning up ..."
+	rm -rf *.aux *.toc *.dvi *.pdf *.ps *~ *.log *.done $(NEWDIRS)
+