change parameter out to outdir

README.md

@@ -2,22 +2,29 @@
 
 The Python fork of [JILL](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/jill) - Julia Installer 4 Linux (and MacOS) - Light
 
+## Features
+
+* download Julia release from nearest mirror server. Check [sources](jill/config/sources.json) for the list of all registered mirrors.
+* install julia for Linux and MacOS (including nightly build: `latest`)
+* easily set up a new release mirror 🚧
+
 ## Usage examples
 
 * download:
-    - download Julia for current system: `jill download v1.3.0`
-    - download Julia for 32-bit linux: `jill download v1.3.0 linux i686`
+    - download Julia for current system: `jill download 1.3.0`
+    - download Julia for 32-bit linux: `jill download 1.3.0 linux i686`
+    - download Julia to specific dir: `jill download 1.3.0 --outdir OUTDIR`
 * install Julia for current system:
-    - system-wide: `sudo jill install v1.3.0`
-    - only for current user: `jill install v1.3.0`
+    - system-wide: `sudo jill install 1.3.0`
+    - only for current user: `jill install 1.3.0`
 
 ## Register new mirror
 
-add an entry to `jill/sources.json`:
+add an entry to `jill/config/sources.json`:
 
 * `name`: a distinguishable mirror name
 * `url`: URL template to retrive Julia release
-* `filename`: filename template, by default it's `julia-$patch_version-$osarch.$extension`
+* `filename` (optional): filename template. The default value is `julia-$patch_version-$osarch.$extension`
 
 There're several predefined placeholders for various systems and architectures:
 

jill/download.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def _download_package(url: str, out: str):
 
 
 def download_package(version, system=None, architecture=None,
-                     out=None, overwrite=False, max_try=3):
+                     outdir=None, overwrite=False, max_try=3):
     """
     download julia release from nearest servers.
     """
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ def download_package(version, system=None, architecture=None,
 
     url_list = chain.from_iterable(repeat(url_list, max_try))
     for url in url_list:
-        # make sure out is always a filepath
-        outpath = out if out else os.path.split(urlparse(url).path)[1]
-        outpath = os.path.abspath(outpath)
-        outdir, outname = os.path.split(outpath)
+        outdir = outdir if outdir else '.'
+        outdir = os.path.abspath(outdir)
+        outname = os.path.split(urlparse(url).path)[1]
+        outpath = os.path.join(outdir, outname)
 
         if os.path.isfile(outpath) and not overwrite:
             logging.info(f"{outname} already exists, skip downloading")