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ssft.sh(1)

ssft.sh1

Library of shell script frontend functions

Overview

ssft.sh is a library of shell functions that must be sourced from other scripts. If the script is executed without arguments it prints an usage message and also supports the options --doc, --help and --version.

To get a list of available functions call the script with the --doc argument and to get a description of what a given function does call the script with --doc FUNCTION_NAME.

On the typical case the library must be sourced and the SSFT_FRONTEND variable must be set to the desired frontend (zenity, dialog or text); if the variable is not set the default frontend is noninteractive.

To choose the theoretically best looking frontend use the function ssft_choose_frontend as follows:

. ssft.sh
[ -n "$SSFT_FRONTEND" ] || SSFT_FRONTEND="$( ssft_choose_frontend )"

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 9 (Stretch): the text shown here
  • Debian 8 (Jessie) to Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny) to Debian 4.0 (Etch)

Author

Written by Sergio Talens-Oliag <[email protected]>.

From ssft 0.9.17+nmu1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.