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Bras - Command execution tool

Bras is a rules-based command execution system, a la 'make'. It helps to keep targets (usually, but not neccessarily, files) , up-to-date with respect to a set of dependencies. For every target, a (freely definable) rule describes what it means for the target to be out-of-date and what has to be done to refresh it. Bras can follow targets into other directories. It acts there according to the local brasfile to update the target and then reports the result back. Because no recursive execution of bras is necessary, the result of the reasoning for that other directory is not lost.

Bras is implemented in Tcl. Rules can be mixed with procedural parts. In particular control structures can be used to automatically collect lists of targets, find out platform specifics or selectively activate rules. 'Bras' normally runs from the command line, but its rule eveluation functionality is available as a TCL module and can be used in a GUI application implemented in Tcl/tk.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://bras.berlios.de/
Source tarballhttp://download.berlios.de/bras/bras-2.3.tar.gz
Version 2.2.1 (stable) released on 2002-02-11
Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.
This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

User manual available in PDF fromat from http://bras.berlios.de/bras.pdf; User manual available in PostScript format from http://bras.berlios.de/bras.ps
Support contacts

Help List<pifpafpuf@gmx.de>
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Bug List<pifpafpuf@gmx.de>

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Related information

Interfacescommand line
Source languagesTcl
Related programsmake

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2002-02-11
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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