Can you use the PackageMaker command to create an installer from a list of files?

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Published on 2010-04-09T23:00:10Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 23:03 UTC
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I want to (periodically and automatically) create an installer from various files and folders that are in many places. But, I can't figure out how to supply the packagemaker command with all the paths of the items I want to install.

This is for internal development purposes, not for customer distribution. I want the files included to be configureable; it's not really an option to use the GUI to add all the paths because they will change frequently.

The best I could do was to use the --watch flag and touch all of the stuff I wanted included in the package. This is very messy and includes other files that happen to be accessed at the same time. There isn't a common scheme to what I want to include, so I can't just --filter the rest out.

Is there a better way? Am I missing the point?

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