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authormerakor <cem@ckyln.com>2021-03-24 05:22:12 +0000
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@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ CPT Library
* Message functions:: Communicate to users
* Text functions:: Manipulate or check text
* Portability functions:: Functions to replace non-POSIX commands
-* System Functions::
+* System Functions:: Functions to manipulate your system
* Package Functions:: Manipulate, or query anything related to packages
Option parsing
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ package manager library.
* Message functions:: Communicate to users
* Text functions:: Manipulate or check text
* Portability functions:: Functions to replace non-POSIX commands
-* System Functions::
+* System Functions:: Functions to manipulate your system
* Package Functions:: Manipulate, or query anything related to packages
@end menu
@@ -1064,11 +1064,6 @@ symbolic links until it reaches the actual file.
@node System Functions
@section System Functions
-@itemize
-@item
-Add description
-@end itemize
-
@menu
* @samp{as_root()}:: Run a command as the root user
@end menu
@@ -1076,14 +1071,14 @@ Add description
@node @samp{as_root()}
@subsection @samp{as_root()}
-@samp{as_root()} calls the rest of the arguments as a different user. Unless a @samp{user}
+@samp{as_root()} calls the rest of the arguments as a different user. Unless a @code{$user}
environment variable is set, it will call the following arguments as the root
user. It supports the following programs for privilege escalation with the
following order:
@enumerate
@item
-@samp{sls}
+@samp{ssu}
@item
@samp{sudo}
@item
@@ -1092,6 +1087,9 @@ following order:
@samp{su}
@end enumerate
+The program called for this operation can be overridden using the @code{$CPT_SU}
+variable.
+
@node Package Functions
@section Package Functions
@@ -1147,19 +1145,28 @@ if it fails.
@table @asis
@item $1: Query
-This is the only mandatory argument. It accepts globbing, meaning
-that shell wildcards can be used in the query.
+This is the only mandatory argument. It accepts globbing, meaning that shell
+wildcards can be used in the query.
@item $2: Match
-If this exists @samp{pkg_find()} will print every single match found
-in the search path. If it doesn't, @samp{pkg_find()} will print the first match and
-exit.
+If this exists @samp{pkg_find()} will print every single match found in the search
+path. If it doesn't, @samp{pkg_find()} will print the first match and exit.
@item $3: Type
-This is the argument to be passed to the @samp{test} function. Unless
-this argument is given, it defaults to @samp{-d}, which tests for directories.
+This is the argument to be passed to the @samp{test} function. Unless this argument
+is given, it defaults to @samp{-d}, which tests for directories.
@end table
@example
+# Returns the first match of cpt
pkg_find cpt
+
+# Returns all matches of cpt
+pkg_find cpt all
+
+# Returns all globbed matches for cpt* (e.g. cpt and cpt-extra)
+pkg_find 'cpt*' all
+
+# Returns all matching cpt-* executables on user's PATH
+SEARCH_PATH=$PATH pkg_find 'cpt-*' all -x
@end example
@node @samp{pkg_get_base()}