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Diffstat (limited to 'man/1/os')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/1/os | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ os \- interface to host OS commands (hosted Inferno only) .br .B os [ +.B -b +] [ .B -m .I mountpoint ] [ @@ -43,7 +45,10 @@ option causes the command to run in directory an error results and the command will not run if .I dir does not exist or is inaccessible. -The standard output and standard error of the command are merged on the standard output. +The standard output and standard error of the command appear on the standard output +and standard error streams of the +.I os +command itself. .I Os copies the standard input to the remote command's standard input; redirect .IR os 's @@ -56,6 +61,17 @@ terminates when does, and its exit status reflects the status of .I cmd (if available). +.PP +If the +.I os +command is killed or exits (eg, for lack of input and output), +the host's own process control operations are used to (attempt to) kill +.IR cmd , +if it is still running. +The +.B -b +(background) option suppresses that behaviour. +.PP The .B -n option causes |