On Tuesday 2020-05-12 18:51, Philip Prindeville wrote:
>>> Also change the default destination directory to /usr/share/xt_geoip
>>> as most distros use this now. Update the documentation.
>>
>> Maybe there are some "nicer" approaches? I'm calling for further inspirations.
>
>I’m open to suggestions.
This has been floating around my mind.
geoip/xt_geoip_build | 1 +
geoip/xt_geoip_build.1 | 8 ++++++--
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/geoip/xt_geoip_build b/geoip/xt_geoip_build
index 750bf98..7bafa5f 100755
--- a/geoip/xt_geoip_build
+++ b/geoip/xt_geoip_build
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ my $target_dir = ".";
&GetOptions(
"D=s" => \$target_dir,
"i=s" => \$input_file,
+ "s" => sub { $target_dir = "/usr/share/xt_geoip"; },
);
if (!-d $target_dir) {
diff --git a/geoip/xt_geoip_build.1 b/geoip/xt_geoip_build.1
index ac3e6d3..598177f 100644
--- a/geoip/xt_geoip_build.1
+++ b/geoip/xt_geoip_build.1
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ Specifies the target directory into which the files are to be put. Defaults to "
\fB\-i\fP \fIinput_file\fP
Specifies the source location of the DBIP CSV file. Defaults to
"dbip-country-lite.csv". Use "-" to read from stdin.
+.TP
+\fB\-s\fP
+"System mode". Equivalent to \fB\-D /usr/share/xt_geoip\fP.
.SH Application
.PP
-Shell commands to build the databases and put them to where they are expected:
+Shell commands to build the databases and put them to where they are expected
+(usually run as root):
.PP
-xt_geoip_build \-D /usr/share/xt_geoip
+xt_geoip_build \-s
.SH See also
.PP
xt_geoip_dl(1)
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2.26.2
