function unpack
NAME [edit section]
unpack - unpack the test program source tarfile
SYNOPSIS [edit section]
unpack [nostrip]
DESCRIPTION [edit section]
The unpack function is used during the build phase, to extract the tar file into the current directoryThe following extensions are supported:
- gz, tgz - compressed with gzip
- bz2 - compressed with bzip2
- tar - uncompressed
This is normally called by the function pre_build, but can be used directly by the base test script. (Although there are no examples of this that I'm aware of.)
EXAMPLES [edit section]
ENVIRONMENT and ARGUMENTS [edit section]
Environment variables used:- $tarball - has the filename of the test program source
- this comes from the base test script
- $TEST_HOME
Arguments:
- $1 is optional and may have the word "nostrip" to indicate that leading path components won't be stripped
RETURN [edit section]
Returns result of the 'tar' command
SOURCE [edit section]
Located in scripts/functions.sh
SEE ALSO [edit section]