NAME¶

md_src_plugins_shell_README - Plugin: shell

• infos = Information about the shell plugin is in keys below
• infos/author = Thomas Waser thomas.waser@libelektra.org
• infos/licence = BSD
• infos/needs =
• infos/provides =
• infos/placements = postgetstorage postcommit postrollback
• infos/status = nodep configurable preview unfinished
• infos/description = executes shell commands

The shell plugin executes shell commandos after set, get or error.

The configuration keys

• execute/set
• execute/get
• execute/error

are used to store the shell commands.

The configuration keys

• execute/set/return
• execute/get/return
• execute/error/return

can be compared against the return values of the shell commandos.

% cat /tmp/log
cat: /tmp/log: No such file or directory
% kdb mount /tmp/test.ini system/shelltest ini array= shell 'execute/set=echo set >> /tmp/log,execute/get=echo get >> /tmp/log,execute/get/return=0'
% kdb set system/shelltest
Create a new key system/shelltest with null value
% cat /tmp/log
get
set.fi