slave(1)                                              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 gram-
    matical structure on an easy level, so not to confuse  the
    poor program.


BUGS

    This  program  violates  many  standards  and ethics, most
    notably 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.