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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2014-09-18 20:03:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2014-09-18 20:03:23 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/execline-shell.html b/doc/execline-shell.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3526f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/execline-shell.html @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +<html> +<head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en" /> + <title>execline: the execline-shell script</title> + <meta name="Description" content="execline: the execline-shell script" /> + <meta name="Keywords" content="execline script execline-shell" /> + <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://skarnet.org/default.css" /> --> +</head> +<body> + +<p> +<a href="index.html">execline</a><br /> +<a href="http://skarnet.org/software/">Software</a><br /> +<a href="http://skarnet.org/">skarnet.org</a> +</p> + +<h1> The <tt>execline-shell</tt> script </h1> + +<p> +<tt>execline-shell</tt> executes <tt>$HOME/.execline-shell</tt> +with the arguments it is given. +</p> + +<h2> Interface </h2> + +<pre> + /etc/execline-shell +</pre> + +<ul> + <li> <tt>execline-shell</tt> transforms itself into +<tt>${HOME}/.execline-shell $@</tt>. </li> + <li><tt>${HOME}/.execline-shell</tt> must be readable and +executable by the user. It must exec into an interactive +shell with <tt>$@</tt> as its argument.</li> +</ul> + +<h2> Notes </h2> + +<ul> + <li> <tt>execline-shell</tt> is meant to be used as the <tt>SHELL</tt> +environment variable value. It allows one to specify his favourite shell and +shell configuration in any language, since the <tt>${HOME}/.execline-shell</tt> +file can be any executable program. <tt>${HOME}/.execline-shell</tt> can be seen +as a portable <tt>.<em>whatever</em>rc</tt> file. </li> + <li> As an administrator-modifiable configuration file, <tt>execline-shell</tt> +provided in execline's <tt>etc/</tt> subdirectory, and should be copied by +the administrator to <tt>/etc</tt>. </li> +</ul> + +</body> +</html> |