slave(1) - a semi-interactive interactive command for the dirty work

slave(1)                  User Commands                  slave(1)

NAME
     slave - a semi-interactive interactive command for the dirty
     work

SYNOPSIS
     slave [ command ]
     slave -f

DESCRIPTION
     The purpose of the slave command is to do  all  those  small
     things  around  the  computer  that one never finds the time
     for.

     One typical use for the slave command is to change the toner
     in  one's laser printer. The interface for the slave command
     is kept simple, mainly to keep down the  complexity  of  the
     internal parser.

THE OPTION
     -f    Send a rapid succession of  SIHUPs  to  slave,  mainly
          used when one needs to blow off a little steam.

THE COMMANDS
     Almost any phrase in pidgin English is acceptable  input  to
     the slave program, but care should be taken to keep grammat-
     ical structure on an easy level, so not to confuse the  poor
     program.

BUGS
     This program violates many standards and ethics,  most  not-
     ably  the  UN's  Human Rights (as if they were extendable to
     programs...)

AUTHOR
     This man page is written by Ingvar  Mattsson,  1996,  in  an
     effort to extend the alt.sysadmin.recovery collection of man
     pages.