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- This is sf (shell form) version 1.8. Having used so many high quality
- programs from the net, this is my time to contribute.
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- This program was written to augment the versatility of Unix user
- interface in shell level. It does only one thing -- form editing.
- Shell script writer has to process the data afterwards.
-
- Some typical usage for this program are:
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- o interface for non-Unix user to access system resource. One can
- easily write shell scripts display menus and forms for novice
- users.
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- o Something like bulletin board system might use sf interface.
-
- o I personally use it to interface with those commands with
- zillions of options (e.g., stty, sa, admin, cpio) or those
- commands used infrequently (e.g., print). I used capitalized
- command names for those shell scripts with sf interface, e.g.,
- Stty for stty, Admin for admin, etc.
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- o With proper database interface program, sf may be used for
- system administrator to configure system, e.g., add new user to
- system, configure I/O ports, etc. The recently posted "perl"
- might be a good candidate.
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- To build sf, simply type: "make". Sf has not been tested on non-BSD
- system, some porting will be needed. You might want to run some
- sample scripts supplied with the package to see how it works. Enjoy!
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- Sample scripts:
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- Print (csh) interface to BSD 4.2 print command
- Stty (sh) interface to BSD 4.3 stty command
- Lib (csh) maintain on-line library index (need modification)
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- Mail bugs/comments to Paul Lew at {olivea,harvard,decvax}!gsg!lew
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