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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2023-02-12 02:15:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com> | 2023-02-12 02:15:32 +0000 |
| commit | 72b6d428af4925e7064c6166b732301c8918e8c4 (patch) | |
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Add multicall configuration
Signed-off-by: Laurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com>
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diff --git a/doc/s6-linux-utils.html b/doc/s6-linux-utils.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d366937 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/s6-linux-utils.html @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +<html> + <head> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en" /> + <title>s6-linux-utils: the s6-linux-utils multicall binary</title> + <meta name="Description" content="s6-linux-utils: the s6-linux-utils multicall binary" /> + <meta name="Keywords" content="s6-linux-utils command multicall" /> + <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//skarnet.org/default.css" /> --> + </head> +<body> + +<p> +<a href="index.html">s6-linux-utils</a><br /> +<a href="//skarnet.org/software/">Software</a><br /> +<a href="//skarnet.org/">skarnet.org</a> +</p> + +<h1> The <tt>s6-linux-utils</tt> multicall binary </h1> + +<p> +The <tt>s6-linux-utils</tt> program is only available when the +<tt>--enable-multicall</tt> option has been given to the <tt>configure</tt> +program at build time. In this configuration, <tt>s6-linux-utils</tt> is +a multicall binary implementing the functionality of <em>all</em> +the programs in the s6-linux-utils package; and the other programs, instead +of being executables of their own, are symbolic links to the +s6-linux-utils binary. +</p> + +<h2> Interface </h2> + +<pre> + s6-linux-utils <em>subcommand</em> <em>subcommand_arguments...</em> +</pre> + +<p> + s6-linux-utils will run the <em>subcommand</em> will its arguments. For +instance, <tt>s6-linux-utils s6-ps -H</tt> will run the equivalent of the +<a href="s6-ps.html">s6-ps</a> program, so this command will print a +tree of the currently running processes. +</p> + +<p> + Alternatively, if s6-linux-utils is called with the name of an existing +command, it will run the equivalent of that command. For instance, +if the <tt>/usr/bin/s6-ps</tt> file is a (hard or symbolic) link to +the <tt>s6-linux-utils</tt> binary, <tt>/usr/bin/s6-ps -H</tt> will print +a tree of the currently running processes. +</p> + +</body> +</html> |