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- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS Misc lib
- .BS
- '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
- .SH NAME
- Misc_InvokeEditor \- Invoke an editor for a user
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- \fB#include <libc.h>\fR
- .sp
- int
- \fBMisc_InvokeEditor\fR(\fIfile\fP)
- .SH ARGUMENTS
- .AS char *file
- .AP char *file in
- Name of the file to edit.
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- If a program needs to have the user edit a file, it can simply call
- .B Misc_InvokeEditor
- with the name of the file to edit. The user's editor (as defined by
- the EDITOR environment variable, with
- .B vi
- being the default) will be invoked.
- .B Misc_InvokeEditor
- returns the exit status from the editor. For setuid and setgid
- programs, the editor is invoked with the user's real (not effective)
- user and group IDs.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- edit, file
-