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Diffstat (limited to 'man/man1/rc.1')
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diff --git a/man/man1/rc.1 b/man/man1/rc.1 index b294bee8..51a2b22a 100644 --- a/man/man1/rc.1 +++ b/man/man1/rc.1 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ exits or is terminated, the variable .B $status gets the process's wait message (see -.IR wait (2)); +.IR wait (3)); it will be the null string if the command was successful. .PP A long command line may be continued on subsequent lines by typing @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ in a directory in .B $path is the program to be executed. To be executable, the user must have execute permission (see -.IR stat (2)) +.IR stat (3)) and the file must be either an executable binary for the current machine's CPU type, or a shell script. Shell scripts begin with a line containing the full path name of a shell @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ or is a previously opened file descriptor and .I fd0 becomes a new copy (in the sense of -.IR dup (2)) +.IR dup (3)) of it. A file descriptor may be closed by writing .BI >[ fd0 =] @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ function definition. A function with a special name will be called when .I rc receives a corresponding note; see -.IR notify (2). +.IR notify (3). The valid note names (and corresponding notes) are .B sighup .RB ( hangup ), @@ -757,10 +757,7 @@ command is executed, so they need not be enclosed in quotation marks. The .I environment is a list of strings made available to executing binaries by the -.B env -device -(see -.IR env (3)). +kernel. .I Rc creates an environment entry for each variable whose value is non-empty, and for each function. @@ -768,7 +765,7 @@ The string for a variable entry has the variable's name followed by .B = and its value. If the value has more than one component, these -are separated by ctrl-a +are separated by SOH .RB ( '\e001' ) characters. The string for a function is just the @@ -824,12 +821,23 @@ for the .B . command. If not set in the environment, it is initialized by +parsing the +.B $PATH +variable +(as in +.IR sh (1)) +or by .BR "path=(.\ /bin)" . -Its use is discouraged; instead use -.IR bind (1) -to build a -.B /bin -containing what's needed. +The variables +.B $path +and +.B $PATH +are maintained together: changes to one will be reflected in the other. +.\" Its use is discouraged; instead use +.\" .IR bind (1) +.\" to build a +.\" .B /bin +.\" containing what's needed. .TP .B $pid Set during initialization to |