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diff --git a/doc/backtick.html b/doc/backtick.html index df351f2..6aa2f01 100644 --- a/doc/backtick.html +++ b/doc/backtick.html @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ <h1> The <tt>backtick</tt> program </h1> <p> -<tt>backtick</tt> runs a program and uses its output as the argument of -another program. +<tt>backtick</tt> runs a program and stores its output in an +environment variable, then executes another program. </p> <h2> Interface </h2> @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ output as a value. </li> <ul> <li> <tt>-i</tt> : insist. If <em>prog1</em> crashes or exits non-zero, -<tt>backtick</tt> exits with the same exit code (or 111 if <em>prog1</em> -crashed). </li> +<tt>backtick</tt> exits with an +<a href="exitcodes.html">approximation</a> of the same exit code. </li> <li> <tt>-D <em>default</em></tt> : default value. If <em>prog1</em> crashes or exits non-zero, <em>default</em> is used as <em>variable</em>'s value. If neither the <tt>-i</tt> nor the <tt>-D</tt> |