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# Lfs-Utils

For installation instructions see the Section called Installing Lfs-Utils-0.3 in Chapter 6.

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## Official Download Location

Lfs-utils (0.3):
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~winkie/downloads/lfs-utils/

## Contents of Lfs-Utils

(Last checked against version 0.2.2.)

The Lfs-Utils package contains some miscellaneous programs used by various packages, but are not large enough to warrant their own individual package.

Lfs-Utils installs the following:

### Program Files

mktemp, tempfile, http-get, iana-net

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## Descriptions

(Last checked against version 0.2.2.)

### Program file descriptions

mktemp creates temporary files in a secure manner. It is used in scripts.

tempfile creates temporary files in a less secure manner than `mktemp`. It is installed for backwards-compatibility.

The http-get script takes advantage of a little known feature of `bash` called "net redirection". It is used to download from websites without using any other programs.

iana-net uses the `http-get` script to simplify the process of procuring IANA's services and protocols configuration files.

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## Lfs-Utils Installation Dependencies

(No dependencies checked yet.)

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