pox: utilities for filesystem exploration and automated builds

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mmckerns/software.html

# Version 0.1a1: 06/28/10

# Highlights First alpha version for initial release.

Pox provides utilities for discovering the user's environment:: - return the user's name, current shell, and path to user's home directory - strip duplicate entries from the user's $PATH - lookup and expand environment variables from ${VAR} to 'value'

Pox also provides utilities for filesystem exploration and manipulation:: - discover the path to a file, exectuable, directory, or symbolic link - discover the path to an installed package - parse operating system commands for remote shell invocation - convert text files to platform-specific formatting

Documentation: - User's Guide with tutorials - online Reference Manual

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Mike McKerns California Institute of Technology http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mmckerns