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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:33:23 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:33:23 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e3a1d24 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/README @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +This directory contains the bash documentation. + +FAQ - a set of frequently-asked questions about Bash with answers +INTRO - a short introduction to bash +article.ms - an article I wrote about bash for The Linux Journal +bash.1 - the bash man page +builtins.1 - a man page that documents the builtins, extracted from bash.1 +bashref.texi - the `bash reference manual' +bashref.info - the `bash reference manual' processed by `makeinfo' +readline.3 - the readline man page + +The `.ps' files are postscript versions of the above. The `.html' +files are HTML versions of the man page and reference manual. The +`.0' files are formatted manual pages. The `.txt' versions are +ascii -- the output of `groff -Tascii'. + +The rest of this file explains how to use the `builtins.1' man page. + +For each command in the list of builtins create a file in man/man1 called: + +${command}.1 + +eg. +for.1 +type.1 +alias.1 +etc. + +All these files are identical as follows: + +jaws@jaws(264)$ cat alias.1 +.so man1/builtins.1 +jaws@jaws(265)$ + +Make sure you adjust the .so line in builtins.1 to reflect where you +put it. |