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plist2json converts NetBSD's portable property list files to the JSON format in pretty (default) and compact mode.

• portableproplib
• JSON

Dependencies

• A C99 compiler (clang, gcc, pcc, tcc)
• GNU make
• portableproplib

Building and installing

Accepted arguments passed in to make(1):

• CFLAGS (set to -O2 -Wall -Werror -Wextra -g -pipe -std=c99)
• LDFLAGS (set to -L$PREFIX/lib)
• PREFIX (set to /usr/local)
• MANDIR (set to $PREFIX/share/man)
• STATIC (for static builds)

$ make PREFIX=~/plist2json install clean

Examples

Converting the xbps pkgdb plist file:

$ plist2json /var/db/xbps/pkgdb-0.38.plist

Converting the xbps repository index plist file, on the fly with tar(1) and plist2json(1):

$ tar -xOf x86_64-musl-repodata index.plist|plist2json

Use JSON compact mode:

$ COMPACT_MODE=1 plist2json index.plist

License

BSD-2-Clause LICENSE