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# afio 2.5
# ========
# Prerequisites:
# cpio

cd
test -f installed/afio-2.5.tgz && mv installed/afio-2.5.tgz .
test ! -f afio-2.5.tgz &&
wget http://members.brabant.chello.nl/~k.holtman/afio-2.5.tgz
mkdir -p -m 0700 src
cd src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "afio-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xzvf ~/afio-2.5.tgz
cd afio-2.5
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .
make
make regtest

# If you have > 2 GB space free and some time:
make regtest2gb

# Become root to install it
su

test -f /usr/bin/afio && mv -f /usr/bin/afio /usr/bin/afio.old
make install
strip /usr/local/bin/afio

# Become yourself again
exit

cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/afio-*.tgz
mv afio-2.5.tgz installed/