VCR(1) BSD General Commands Manual VCR(1)NAMEvcr — execute a virtual console-specific command
SYNOPSISvcr [-kX] [-f filename] [-t tty]
vcr [-h | -V]
DESCRIPTION
The vcr utility executes one or more commands depending on which terminal
(or virtual console) it is being run on. This is useful, at least for
me, in that it allows the same commands to be run on the same virtual
consoles day after day.
Options:
-f Specify the definition file to read.
-h Display program usage information and exit.
-k Keep going even if one or more commands end with a non-zero exit
code.
-t Specify the terminal (or virtual console) to execute commands for
instead of the current one.
-V Display program version information and exit.
-X Do not ask for confirmation when running in an X session without
a terminal.
RETURN VALUES
The vcr utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
ENVIRONMENT
If the TTY variable is set, vcr will use it instead of the output of
vcrtty(1) or tty(1) to determine the command to run. If the DISPLAY
variable is set and the -X command-line option is supplied, vcr will skip
the confirmation question and just execute the commands.
FILES
The vcr utility reads the commands to be executed from either the
/usr/local/etc/vcr or, if present, the ~/.vcr definition file. This
file's format is quite simple: the first whitespace-delimited field is
the name of the terminal, the rest of the line is the command to execute.
If the file contains more than one line for the same terminal, the com‐
mands are executed in succession in the order they are found in the file.
EXAMPLES
Well, just do it:
vcr
A sample ~/.vcr file:
/dev/ttyv2 centerim --ascii
/dev/ttyv4 screen -DR
/dev/ttyp1 fetchmail -ve200
/dev/ttyp1 fetchmail -ve25 -Nd120
/dev/ttyv9 mutt
This file contains definitions for single commands to be executed on
/dev/ttyv2, /dev/ttyv4 and /dev/ttyv9, and two commands to be executed on
/dev/ttyp1.
SEE ALSOtty(1), vcrtty(1)HISTORY
The vcr utility was written by Peter Pentchev in 2009.
AUTHORS
Peter Penchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩
BSD March 2, 2011 BSD
