PORTTOOLS(5) BSD File Formats Manual PORTTOOLS(5)NAME
~/.porttools — FreeBSD Port Tools configuration file
DESCRIPTION
The port(1) command uses the following environment variables, normally
sets through the ~/.porttools configuration file:
EMAIL Your e-mail address to use in From: field of the PR form.
FULLNAME Your full name in From: and Originator fields of the PR
form.
ORGANIZATION Name of your organization (if any) to use in the PR form.
CC E-mail addresses added to Cc: field of the PR form.
BCC E-mail addresses added to Bcc: field of the PR form.
ARCHIVE_DIR Directory to archive sent diff and shar files.
BUILDROOT Directory where PREFIX and PKG_DBDIR subdirectories will be
created. Default to /tmp.
DIFF_MODE Selects diff generation mode. Valid values are: SVN, direc‐
tory (e.g. /usr/ports), or suffix (e.g. .orig).
DIFF_VIEWER Selects which program to use to view diff(1) and shar(1)
files. Default to cdiff(1) if present in the ${PATH}, with
a fallback to more(1).
FreeBSD Port Tools configuration file is generated automatically if miss‐
ing.
SEE ALSOcdiff(1), diff(1), port(1), shar(1).
BUGS
Please report any bugs to Steven Kreuzer ⟨skreuzer@FreeBSD.org⟩.
BSD July 26, 2003 BSD
