Manual page for run(1F)
run - run an executable
SYNOPSIS
run
[g-s] [-e] [-n] [-t string] program
DESCRIPTION
The grun function runs program,
using the
PATH
variable to find it.
By default,
when program has completed,
the user is prompted
(Press ENTER to continue:),
before being returned to FMLI.
The argument program is a system executable followed by its
options (if any).
OPTIONS
- g-e
-
If
g-e
is specified the user will be prompted before returning
to FMLI only if there is an error condition
- g-n
-
If
g-n
is specified the user will never be prompted before returning to FMLI
(useful for programs like
gvi
, in which the user must do
some specific action to exit in the first place).
- g-s
-
The
g-s
option means "silent",
implying that the screen will not have to be repainted
when
program
has completed.
Note that the
g-s
option should only be used when
program
does not write to the terminal.
In addition, when
g-s
is used,
program
cannot be interrupted,
even if it recognizes interrupts.
- g-tstring
-
If
g-t
is specified,
string
is the name this process will have
in the pop-up menu generated by the
gfrm-list
command.
This feature requires the executable
gfacesuspend
, (See
face.1
to suspend the
process and return to the FMLI application.
EXAMPLE
Here is a menu that uses grun:
-
gmenu="Edit special System files"
name="Password file"
action=`run -e vi /etc/passwd`
name="Group file"
action=`run -e vi /etc/group`
name="My .profile"
action=`run -n vi $HOME/.profile`
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).
Last modified 21/April/97
