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authorLaurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>2026-05-05 14:15:22 +0000
committerLaurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>2026-05-05 14:15:22 +0000
commit724d0a049f46f68f24d3eca6c7975d12d37d6062 (patch)
treef42bd0eb5974639396e5bfb87702f8453c4c2911
parentd26ae76e4c4e09a9e58454743ac995ccbccfd1c2 (diff)
downloadexecline-724d0a049f46f68f24d3eca6c7975d12d37d6062.tar.gz
Change redirfd -v to redirfd -f, for less cognitive load
No matter how much I tried to use -v, it kept coming out as -f. So, work with the brain, not against it.
-rw-r--r--doc/redirfd.html6
-rw-r--r--src/execline/redirfd.c10
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/redirfd.html b/doc/redirfd.html
index 295b603..b64743b 100644
--- a/doc/redirfd.html
+++ b/doc/redirfd.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ executes a program.
<pre>
redirfd [ -r | -w | -u | -a | -x ] [ -n ] [ -b ] <em>fd</em> <em>file</em> <em>prog...</em><br>
- redirfd [ -r | -w | -u | -a | -x ] [ -n ] [ -b ] [ -v ] [ -e | -E ] <em>var</em> <em>file</em> <em>prog...</em><br>
+ redirfd [ -r | -w | -u | -a | -x ] [ -n ] [ -b ] [ -f ] [ -e | -E ] <em>var</em> <em>file</em> <em>prog...</em><br>
</pre>
<p>
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ the -n and -b options may be added in any case.
<li> <tt>-b</tt>&nbsp;: change mode of <em>file</em> after opening it:
to non-blocking mode if the <tt>-n</tt> option was not given,
to blocking mode if it was. </li>
- <li> <tt>-v</tt>&nbsp;: interpret the first argument as an environment variable,
+ <li> <tt>-f</tt>&nbsp;: interpret the first argument as an environment variable,
and stores the new file descriptor into that variable before execing. </li>
<li> <tt>-e</tt>&nbsp;: no autoimport. This is the default. </li>
- <li> <tt>-E</tt>&nbsp;: autoimport. This is only useful with the <tt>-v</tt> option.
+ <li> <tt>-E</tt>&nbsp;: autoimport. This is only useful with the <tt>-f</tt> option.
Instead of executing
<em>prog...</em>, execute <tt>importas -uSi <em>var</em> <em>prog...</em></tt>.
This substitutes <em>var</em> into the command line instead of putting it into
diff --git a/src/execline/redirfd.c b/src/execline/redirfd.c
index e7f491b..c3562f9 100644
--- a/src/execline/redirfd.c
+++ b/src/execline/redirfd.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
#include <execline/execline.h>
-#define USAGE "redirfd -[ r | w | u | a | x ] [ -N | -n ] [ -b ] [ -v ] [ -E | -e ] fd file prog..."
+#define USAGE "redirfd -[ r | w | u | a | x ] [ -N | -n ] [ -b ] [ -f ] [ -E | -e ] fd|var file prog..."
#define dieusage() strerr_dieusage(100, USAGE)
enum golb_e
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ enum golb_e
GOLB_EXCL = 0x0020,
GOLB_NONBLOCK = 0x0040,
GOLB_CHANGEMODE = 0x0100,
- GOLB_VAR = 0x0200,
+ GOLB_OPEN = 0x0200,
GOLB_AUTOIMPORT = 0x0400,
} ;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int main (int argc, char const *const *argv)
{ .so = 'N', .lo = "block", .clear = GOLB_NONBLOCK, .set = 0 },
{ .so = 'n', .lo = "nonblock", .clear = 0, .set = GOLB_NONBLOCK },
{ .so = 'b', .lo = "switch-block", .clear = 0, .set = GOLB_CHANGEMODE },
- { .so = 'v', .lo = "variable", .clear = 0, .set = GOLB_VAR },
+ { .so = 'f', .lo = "open", .clear = 0, .set = GOLB_OPEN },
{ .so = 'e', .lo = "no-autoimport", .clear = GOLB_AUTOIMPORT, .set = 0 },
{ .so = 'E', .lo = "autoimport", .clear = 0, .set = GOLB_AUTOIMPORT },
{ .so = 0, .lo = "no-read", .clear = GOLB_READ, .set = 0 },
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int main (int argc, char const *const *argv)
argc -= golc ; argv += golc ;
if (argc < 3) dieusage() ;
if (!(wgolb & (GOLB_READ | GOLB_WRITE))) dieusage() ;
- if (!(wgolb & GOLB_VAR))
+ if (!(wgolb & GOLB_OPEN))
if (!uint0_scan(argv[0], &fdto)) dieusage() ;
flags =
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int main (int argc, char const *const *argv)
if (wgolb & GOLB_CHANGEMODE)
if ((wgolb & GOLB_NONBLOCK ? ndelay_off(fd) : ndelay_on(fd)) == -1)
strerr_diefu1sys(111, "change blocking mode") ;
- if (wgolb & GOLB_VAR)
+ if (wgolb & GOLB_OPEN)
{
char fmt[UINT_FMT] ;
fmt[uint_fmt(fmt, fd)] = 0 ;