FMLI Commands                                             run(1F)

NAME
     run - run an executable

SYNOPSIS
     run [  -s  ]  [ -e ]  [ -n ]  [ -t string ]  program

DESCRIPTION
     The run command 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 fol-
     lowed by its options (if any).

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -e    If -e is specified, the user will be  prompted  before
           returning to FMLI only if there is an error condition

     -n    If -n is specified, the user will  never  be  prompted
           before returning to FMLI (useful for programs like vi,
           in which the user must do some specific action to exit
           in the first place).

     -s    The -s option means "silent", implying that the screen
           will  not  have  to be repainted when program has com-
           pleted. Note that the -s option should  only  be  used
           when  program does not write to the terminal. In addi-
           tion, when -s is used, program cannot be  interrupted,
           even if it recognizes interrupts.

     -tstring
           If -t is specified, string is the  name  this  process
           will have in the pop-up menu generated by the frm-list
           command.  This   feature   requires   the   executable
           facesuspend  (see  face(1)) to suspend the process and
           return to the FMLI application.

EXAMPLES
     Example 1: Sample output of run command

     Here is a menu that uses run:

     menu="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`

SunOS 5.8           Last change: 17 Nov 1999                    1

FMLI Commands                                             run(1F)

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

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    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO
     face(1), attributes(5)

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