@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ ASCII-8BIT (BINARY)
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.It Fl S
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Makes Ruby use the
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.Ev PATH
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- environment variable to search for script, unless if its name begins
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+ environment variable to search for script, unless its name begins
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with a slash. This is used to emulate
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.Li #!
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on machines that don't support it, in the following manner:
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Sets the default value for internal encodings
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.Pf ( Li " Encoding.default_internal" ) to UTF-8.
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.Pp
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.It Fl W Ns Op Ar level=2
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- Turns on verbose mode at the specified level, without printing version
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+ Turns on verbose mode at the specified level without printing the version
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message at the beginning. The level can be;
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.Bl -hang -offset indent
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.It Sy 0
@@ -334,16 +334,16 @@ On some systems
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.Li " $0"
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does not always contain the full pathname, so you need the
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.Fl S
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- switch to tell Ruby to search for the script if necessary. To handle
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- embedded spaces or such. A better construct than
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+ switch to tell Ruby to search for the script if necessary (to handle embedded
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+ spaces and such) . A better construct than
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.Li " $*"
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would be
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.Li ${1+"$@"} ,
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but it does not work if the script is being interpreted by
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.Xr csh 1 .
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.Pp
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.It Fl v
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- Enables verbose mode. Ruby will print its version at the beginning,
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+ Enables verbose mode. Ruby will print its version at the beginning
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and set the variable
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.Li " $VERBOSE"
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to true. Some methods print extra messages if this variable is true.
@@ -358,11 +358,11 @@ variable to true.
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.Pp
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.It Fl x Ns Op Ar directory
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Tells Ruby that the script is embedded in a message. Leading garbage
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- will be discarded until the first that starts with
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+ will be discarded until the first line that starts with
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.Dq #!
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and contains the string,
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.Dq ruby .
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- Any meaningful switches on that line will applied. The end of script
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+ Any meaningful switches on that line will be applied. The end of the script
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must be specified with either
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.Li EOF ,
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.Li " ^D" ( Li " control-D" ) ,
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DO NOT USE.
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.Pp
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Turns on compiler debug mode. Ruby will print a bunch of internal
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- state messages during compiling scripts . You don't have to specify
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- this switch, unless you are going to debug the Ruby interpreter.
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+ state messages during compilation . Only specify this switch you are going to
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+ debug the Ruby interpreter.
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.Pp
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.It Fl -disable- Ns Ar FEATURE
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.It Fl -enable- Ns Ar FEATURE
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.Pp
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.El
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.Pp
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- You don't have to specify this switch, unless you are going to debug the Ruby interpreter.
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+ Only specify this switch if you are going to debug the Ruby interpreter.
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.Pp
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.It Fl -verbose
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Enables verbose mode without printing version message at the
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