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authorGravatar lvgx <l@vgx.fr>2020-05-23 14:03:37 +0200
committerGravatar Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com>2020-05-23 17:40:51 +0530
commitb1027150ed09ddeb9acab56a29e216c7196be4e1 (patch)
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parentc7af686b4e527148ff2ee301204769b819785dba (diff)
downloadnnn-b1027150ed09ddeb9acab56a29e216c7196be4e1.tar.gz
Add -a option to generate a temporary NNN_FIFO (#588)
* Add -a option to generate a temporary NNN_FIFO * Add documentation for -a option * plugins/README.md: promote the use of -a This obsoletes the global FIFO unlink trick, so I remove mentions of it. @jarun update: Polish -a
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@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
.Nd the missing terminal file manager for X
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
+.Op Ar -a
.Op Ar -A
.Op Ar -b key
.Op Ar -c
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ to see the list of keybinds.
.Nm
supports the following options:
.Pp
+.Fl a
+ auto-setup temporary NNN_FIFO (described in ENVIRONMENT section)
+.Pp
.Fl A
disable directory auto-select in type-to-nav mode
.Pp
@@ -423,7 +427,9 @@ separated by \fI;\fR:
.Bd -literal
export NNN_FIFO='/tmp/nnn.fifo'
- NOTE: If the FIFO file doesn't exist it will be created, but it will never be removed.
+ NOTES:
+ 1. Overriden by a temporary path with -a option.
+ 2. If the FIFO file doesn't exist it will be created, but not removed (unless it is generated by -a option).
.Ed
.Pp
\fBNNN_LOCKER:\fR terminal locker program.