mdw@git.distorted.org.uk Git - misc/blob - create.1

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  13 .TH create 1 "5 February 2005" "Edgeware tools"
  14 .SH NAME
  15 create \- write new file safely
  16 .SH SYNOPSIS
  17 .B create
  18 .I file
  19 .I program
  20 .RI [ arguments ...]
  21 .SH DESCRIPTION
  22 The
  23 .B create
  24 program
  25 runs
  26 .VS
  27 .IR "program arguments " ...
  28 .VE
  29 redirecting standard output to
  30 .IR file \c
  31 .BR .new .
  32 If
  33 .I program
  34 exits successfully,
  35 .B create
  36 will rename the newly-written
  37 .IB file .new
  38 to simply
  39 .I file
  40 and exit zero; otherwise it deletes
  41 .IB file .new
  42 and exits the same as
  43 .I program
  44 did.
  45 .SH BUGS
  46 Doesn't exit correctly if subprogram was killed by a signal.
  47 .SH AUTHOR
  48 Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>