runargs(8)

NAME
runargs - run a program with arguments read from an argument file

SYNOPSIS
runargs [-hV] [-i] argfile program [ args ... ]

DESCRIPTION
runargs runs program with arguments read from argfile.

An argfile is a plain text file with zero or more lines. Each line read is setup as an individual argument to program in the same order as it is read. Any leading and/or trailing whitespace is trimmed. Empty lines and lines beginning with the `#' character are ignored.

If argfile is given as a `-' character, arguments will be taken from stdin.

Normally any arguments specified in args are setup to precede the arguments taken from argfile. The -i option may be used to invert this order.

If program does not contain a ``/'' slash character, runargs will perform a shell-like search for the executable using the PATH variable in the current environment.

OPTIONS

-h  Help. Print a brief usage message to stderr and exit.

-i  Insert. Normally runargs sets up program with any arguments given in args before those given in argfile. The -i option may be used to invert this order, and insert the arguments taken from argfile before any specified in args.

-V  Version. Print the version number to stderr and exit.

EXIT STATUS
runargs exits with one of the following values:

0   program was invoked and completed successfully. In this case, the exit code is returned by the program, rather than by runargs itself.

100 runargs failed because of a usage error, such as an invalid command-line option or argument. In this case, runargs prints a brief error message and usage help to stderr on exit.

111 runargs failed due to some system or resource error. In this case, runargs prints a brief diagnostic message to stderr on exit.

1-127
    program was invoked and failed with its own non-zero exit status.

CAVEATS
In most cases, the arguments specified in argfile will not normally want to follow the shell-protecting quoting conventions as might otherwise be used when running program in a shell environment.

AUTHOR
Wayne Marshall, http://b0llix.net/perp/

SEE ALSO
runtools_intro(8), runargv0(8), runchoom(8), rundetach(8), rundeux(8), runenv(8), runfile(8), runlimit(8), runlock(8), runpause(8), runsession(8), runtool(8), runtrap(8), runuid(8)