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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 96220c350..19a523d8e 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ * chroot: (coreutils)chroot invocation. Specify the root directory. * cksum: (coreutils)cksum invocation. Print POSIX CRC checksum. * comm: (coreutils)comm invocation. Compare sorted files by line. +* coreutils: (coreutils)coreutils invocation. Multi-call program. * cp: (coreutils)cp invocation. Copy files. * csplit: (coreutils)csplit invocation. Split by context. * cut: (coreutils)cut invocation. Print selected parts of lines. @@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ Common Options * Traversing symlinks:: Traversing symlinks to directories * Treating / specially:: Treating / specially * Standards conformance:: Standards conformance +* coreutils invocation:: Multi-call binary invocation Output of entire files @@ -771,6 +773,7 @@ name. * Treating / specially:: --preserve-root and --no-preserve-root. * Special built-in utilities:: @command{break}, @command{:}, @dots{} * Standards conformance:: Conformance to the POSIX standard. +* coreutils invocation:: Multi-call binary invocation. @end menu @@ -1494,6 +1497,22 @@ that assumes an older version of POSIX and uses @samp{sort +1} or @samp{tail +10}, you can work around any compatibility problems by setting @samp{_POSIX2_VERSION=199209} in your environment. +@node coreutils invocation +@section @command{coreutils}: Multi-call binary + +@pindex multicall +@cindex combined +@cindex calling combined multi-call binary + +@command{coreutils} invokes an individual utility, either +implicitly selected by the last component of @samp{argv[0]}, +or by explicitly calling @command{coreutils} with the +@option{--coreutils-prog} option. Synopsis: + +@example +coreutils @option{--coreutils-prog=PROGRAM} @dots{} +@end example + @node Output of entire files @chapter Output of entire files |