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[src/trunk]: src/bin/sh Make sh.1 catch up with reality. Document -h (such as...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/b56c802c8523
branches:  trunk
changeset: 813880:b56c802c8523
user:      christos <christos%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Wed Feb 24 14:35:51 2016 +0000

description:
Make sh.1 catch up with reality. Document -h (such as it is...)
and also added doc for some other stuff that was missing.

Take the opportunity to clean up the way the flags are set in the
man page, so every new flag doesn't have to be added 6 times!
(Some of the lists were different from others, in ordering, and
content, for no good reason at all.)

Make a few other cleanups ... Add text about AND-OR lists,
This can be also used to justify closing an open PR:
(that "sh -c 'command &&'" is not a syntax error...).

Add doc for -F, which should default to set if the shell somehow
gets compiled without DO_SHAREDVFORK defined, (to be committed
separately)

XXX: Consider disabling DO_SHAREDVFORK if SMALL is defined?

>From kre

diffstat:

 bin/sh/sh.1 |  64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diffs (149 lines):

diff -r 041b00c322c7 -r b56c802c8523 bin/sh/sh.1
--- a/bin/sh/sh.1       Wed Feb 24 14:29:21 2016 +0000
+++ b/bin/sh/sh.1       Wed Feb 24 14:35:51 2016 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: sh.1,v 1.117 2016/01/06 00:22:21 wiz Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: sh.1,v 1.118 2016/02/24 14:35:51 christos Exp $
 .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 .\"
 .Dd January 5, 2015
 .Dt SH 1
+.ds flags abCEeFfhnuvxIimpqV
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm sh
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Bk -words
-.Op Fl aCefnuvxIimqVEb
-.Op Cm +aCefnuvxIimqVEb
+.Op Fl \*[flags]
+.Op Cm +\*[flags]
 .Ek
 .Bk -words
 .Op Fl o Ar option_name
@@ -53,8 +54,8 @@
 .Nm
 .Fl c
 .Bk -words
-.Op Fl abCEefnuvxIimpqV
-.Op Cm +abCEefnuvxIimpqV
+.Op Fl \*[flags]
+.Op Cm +\*[flags]
 .Ek
 .Bk -words
 .Op Fl o Ar option_name
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@
 .Nm
 .Fl s
 .Bk -words
-.Op Fl abCEefnuvxIimpqV
-.Op Cm +abCEefnuvxIimpqV
+.Op Fl \*[flags]
+.Op Cm +\*[flags]
 .Ek
 .Bk -words
 .Op Fl o Ar option_name
@@ -222,6 +223,11 @@
 .Ar command_name
 operand and the positional parameters ($1, $2, etc.)
 set from the remaining argument operands.
+.Fl c
+is only available at invocation, it cannot be
+.Ic set ,
+and there is no form using
+.Dq \&+ .
 .It Fl C Em noclobber
 Don't overwrite existing files with
 .Dq \*[Gt] .
@@ -238,7 +244,15 @@
 .Dq \*[Am]\*[Am]
 or
 .Dq ||
+operator,
+or if it is a pipeline (or simple command) preceded by the
+.Dq \&!
 operator.
+With pipelines, only the status of the entire pipeline
+(indicated by the last command it contains)
+is tested when
+.Fl e
+is set to determine if the shell should exit.
 .It Fl f Em noglob
 Disable pathname expansion.
 .It Fl n Em noexec
@@ -276,7 +290,7 @@
 .It Fl s Em stdin
 Read commands from standard input (set automatically if no file arguments
 are present).
-This option has no effect when set after the shell has
+This option has no effect when set or reset after the shell has
 already started running (i.e. with
 .Ic set ) .
 .It Fl V Em vi
@@ -299,6 +313,26 @@
 .It Fl b Em notify
 Enable asynchronous notification of background job completion.
 (Not implemented.)
+.It Fl F Em fork
+Cause the shell to always use
+.Xr fork 2
+instead of attempting
+.Xr vfork 2
+when it needs to create a new process.
+This should normally have no visible effect,
+but can slow execution.
+The
+.Nm
+can be compiled to always use
+.Xr fork 2
+in which case altering the
+.Fl F
+flag has no effect.
+.It Fl h Em trackall
+Bind commands in functions to filesystem paths when the function is defined.
+When off,
+the filesystem is searched for commands each time the function is invoked.
+(Not implemented.)
 .It Fl p Em nopriv
 Do not attempt to reset effective uid if it does not match uid.
 This is not set by default to help avoid incorrect usage by setuid
@@ -311,6 +345,13 @@
 changed by the
 .Ic cd
 command.
+.It "\ \ " Em nolog
+Prevent the entry of function definitions into the command history (see
+.Ic fc
+in the
+.Sx Built-ins
+section.)
+(Not implemented.)
 .It "\ \ " Em tabcomplete
 Enables filename completion in the command line editor.
 Typing a tab character will extend the current input word to match a
@@ -688,6 +729,11 @@
 Also, if you forget the left-hand side (for example when continuing lines but
 forgetting to use a backslash) it defaults to a true statement.
 This behavior is not useful and should not be relied upon.
+Similarly, if input to the
+.Nm
+reaches end of file immediately after one of these operators,
+it is assumed that a true statement follows.
+This behavior is also not useful and should not be relied upon.
 .Ss Flow-Control Constructs -- if, while, for, case
 The syntax of the if command is
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
@@ -1574,7 +1620,7 @@
 .It inputrc Ar file
 Read the
 .Va file
-to set keybindings as defined by
+to set key bindings as defined by
 .Xr editrc 5 .
 .It jobid Op Ar job
 Print the process id's of the processes in the job.



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