This document describes version 3.0.0-devel.0 of MBFL, a library of functions for the GNU Bash shell. It requires Bash at least version 4.3. The package is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
The latest release can be downloaded from:
development takes place at:
and as backup at:
Copyright © 2003-2005, 2009-2010, 2012-2015, 2017-2018 by Marco Maggi marco.maggi-ipsu@poste.it
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with Invariant Sections being “GNU Free Documentation License” and “GNU Lesser General Public License”, no Front–Cover Texts, and no Back–Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License”.
• overview: | Overview of the package. | |
• preprocessor: | Using the script preprocessor. | |
• service variables: | Required user defined variables. | |
• base: | Some base functions. | |
• encoding: | Encoding and decoding strings. | |
• file: | Manipulating files and pathnames. | |
• fd: | Handling file descriptors. | |
• actions: | Selecting actions to perform. | |
• getopts: | Parsing command line options. | |
• message: | Printing messages to the console. | |
• program: | Using external programs. | |
• interfaces: | Interfaces to external programs. | |
• signal: | Catching signals. | |
• strings: | Manipulating strings. | |
• dialog: | Interacting with the user. | |
• times: | Times and dates. | |
• variables: | Manipulating variables. | |
• arrays: | Manipulating arrays. | |
• system: | Interfacing with the system. | |
• atexit: | Running scripts at exit-time. | |
• locations: | Running location handlers. | |
• main: | Main function. | |
• testing: | Building test suites. | |
Appendices | ||
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• sendmail: | Examples for sending email. | |
• Package License: | GNU Lesser General Public License. | |
• Documentation License: | GNU Free Documentation License. | |
• references: | Bibliography and references. | |
Indexes | ||
• concept index: | An entry for each concept. | |
• function index: | An entry for each function. | |
• variable index: | An entry for each variable. | |