shcomp (1)

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File written by Christophe Martin <Schplurtz@free.fr>
Based on the output of "shcomp --man

(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man1/shcomp.1".)

NAME

shcomp - compile a ksh93 shell script

SYNOPSIS

shcomp [ options ] [infile] [outfile]]

ORIGIN OF THIS MAN PAGE

This man page was written by Christophe Martin <Schplurtz@free.fr> for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It is based on "shcomp --man" output.

DESCRIPTION

Unless -D is specified, shcomp takes a shell script, infile, and creates a binary format file, outfile, that ksh93 can read and execute with the same effect as the original script.

Since aliases are processed as the script is read, alias definitions whose value requires variable expansion will not work correctly.

If -D is specified, all double quoted strings that are preceded by $ are output. These are the messages that need to be translated to locale specific versions for internationalization.

If outfile is omitted, then the results will be written to standard output. If infile is also omitted, the shell script will be read from standard input.

OPTIONS

-D, --dictionary

Generate a list of strings that need to be placed in a message catalog for internationalization.

-n, --noexec

Displays warning messages for obsolete or non-conforming constructs.

-v, --verbose

Displays input from infile onto standard error as it reads it.

--man

Displays this man page on standard error and exits.

--help

Shows a short help message and exits.

EXIT STATUS

0

Successful completion.

>0

An error occurred.

SEE ALSO

ksh(1)

IMPLEMENTATION

version         shcomp (AT&T Labs Research) 2012-02-29
author          David Korn <dgk@research.att.com>
copyright       Copyright (c) 1982-2012 AT&T Intellectual Property
license         www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.html