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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-startup.html b/doc/execline-startup.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5df401d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/execline-startup.html @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +<html> +<head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en" /> + <title>execline: the execline-startup script</title> + <meta name="Description" content="execline: the execline-startup script" /> + <meta name="Keywords" content="execline execline-startup startup login script .profile" /> + <!-- <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-startup</tt> script </h1> + +<p> +<tt>execline-startup</tt> performs some system-specific +login initialization, then executes <tt>${HOME}/.execline-loginshell</tt>. +</p> + +<h2> Interface </h2> + +<pre> + /etc/execline-startup +</pre> + +<ul> + <li> <tt>execline-startup</tt> sets the <tt>SHELL</tt> +environment variable to <tt>/etc/execline-shell</tt>. +It then performs some system-specific initialization, and +transforms itself into <tt>${HOME}/.execline-loginshell $@</tt>. </li> + <li><tt>${HOME}/.execline-loginshell</tt> must be readable and +executable by the user. It must exec into <tt>$SHELL $@</tt>. </li> +</ul> + +<h2> Notes </h2> + +<ul> + <li> <tt>execline-startup</tt> is an +<a href="execlineb.html">execlineb</a> script; hence, it is readable +and modifiable. It is meant to be modified by the system administrator +to perform system-specific login-time initialization. </li> + <li> As a modifiable configuration file, execline-startup is provided in execline's +<tt>etc/</tt> subdirectory, and should be copied by the administrator +to <tt>/etc</tt>. </li> + <li> <tt>execline-startup</tt> is meant to be used as a login shell. +System administrators should manually add <tt>/etc/execline-startup</tt> +to the <tt>/etc/shells</tt> file. The <tt>/etc/execline-startup</tt> +file itself plays the role of the <tt>/etc/profile</tt> file, and +<tt>${HOME}/.execline-loginshell</tt> plays the role of the +<tt>${HOME}/.profile</tt> file.</li> +</ul> + +</body> +</html> |