modifyrepo(1) modifyrepo(1)

NAME
       modifyrepo - Modify a repomd (xml-rpm-metadata) repository


SYNOPSIS
       modifyrepo [options]  


DESCRIPTION
       modifyrepo  is  a  program that allows you to insert arbitrary metadata
       into a repomd (xml-based rpm metadata) repository.


OPTIONS
       mdtype 
              Specify datatype of the metadata.  If  not  specified,  datatype
              will be derived from the filename.


       remove
              Remove specified file from repodata.


       compress
              Compress  the new repodata before adding it to the repo. This is
              used by default.


       no-compress
              Do not compress the new repodata before adding it to the repo.


       compress-type 
              Specify which compression type to use: gz (default), xz (may not
              be available), bz2.


       -s, checksum 
              Specify the checksum type to use.


       unique-md-filenames
              Include the file's checksum in the metadata filename, helps with
              HTTP caching (default).


       simple-md-filenames
              Do not include the file's checksum in the metadata filename.


       version
              Output version.


       -h help
              Show help menu.


EXAMPLES
       $ modifyrepo mdtype=newmd metadata.xml /repository/repodata
       Wrote: /repository/repodata/metadata.xml.gz
                  type = newmd
              location = repodata/metadata.xml.gz
              checksum = 1d7ee93db2964e7f85e07ec19b3204591da1050c
             timestamp = 1196716296.0
         open-checksum = 824d936dc7dfff029379797b311af0cc66af4115
       Wrote: /repository/repodata/repomd.xml


SEE ALSO
       createrepo (8)


AUTHORS
       Luke Macken 
       Seth Vidal 


BUGS
       Any bugs which are found should be emailed to the  mailing  list:  rpm-
       metadata@lists.baseurl.org



Luke Macken                       2007 Dec 3                     modifyrepo(1)