RUN-PARTS(8)

NAME
run-parts - run scripts or programs in a directory

SYNOPSIS

run-parts [--test] [--verbose] [--report] [--lsbsysinit] [--umask=umask] [--arg=argument] [--exit-on-error] [--help] [--version] [--list] [--reverse] [--] DIRECTORY

run-parts -V

DESCRIPTION

run-parts runs all the executable files named within constraints described below, found in directory directory. Other files and directories are silently ignored. If the --lsbsysinit option is not given then the names must consist entirely of upper and lower case letters, digits, underscores, hyphens and periods. However, the name must not begin with a period.

If the --lsbsysinit option is given, then the names must not end in .dpkg-old or .dpkg-dist or .dpkg-new or .dpkg-tmp, and must belong to one or more of the following namespaces: the LANANA-assigned namespace (^[a-z0-9]+$); the LSB hierarchical and reserved namespaces (^_?([a-z0-9_.]+-)+[a-z0-9]+$); and the Debian cron script namespace (^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*$). Files are run in the lexical sort order of their names unless the --reverse option is given, in which case they are run in the opposite order.

  OPTIONS

--test
    print the names of the scripts which would be run, but don't actually run them.

--list
    print the names of the all matching files (not limited to executables), but don't actually run them. This option cannot be used with --test.

-v, --verbose
    print the name of each script to stderr before running.

--report
    similar to --verbose, but only prints the name of scripts which produce output. The script's name is printed to whichever of stdout or stderr the script first produces output on.

--reverse
    reverse the scripts' execution order.

--exit-on-error
    exit as soon as a script returns with a non-zero exit code.

--lsbsysinit
    Use LSB namespaces instead of classical behavior.

-u, --umask=umask
    Sets the umask to umask before running the scripts. umask should be specified in octal. By default the umask is set to 022.

-a, --arg=argument
    Pass argument to the scripts. Use --arg once for each argument you want passed.

--  Specifies that this is the end of the options. Any filename after -- will be not be interpreted as an option even if it starts with a hyphen.

-h, --help
    Display usage information and exit.

-V, --version
    Display version and copyright and exit.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1994 Ian Jackson.

Copyright (C) 1996 Jeff Noxon.

Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Guy Maor

Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004 Clint Adams run-parts is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is no warranty.