Version 1.0.7
- -----------
* expr, let: strftime() and systime() are new.
* expr, let: argc() return the number of command line arguments
and argv(x) returns the xth argument.
* mktemp: The variable $tmpprefix can set a common prefix to all
filenames that are generated with mktemp. Do a
let 'timprefix = systime() ^ "." ^ pid'
to get guarented unique filenames.
* passwdgen: Altough not an akanga script it' now also installed
under /usr/local/bin because there are other akanga scripts
where it's useful to have this utility. Notice that there is
no manpage for it.
It's function is simple: for each input line you get an almost
pronouncable password. You can specify a command line parameter
to control the length of the passwords (default is 4 units).
* expr, let: seq() didn't work for negative increments. Now you
can do a
; expr 'seq(1, 8, -2)'
Version 1.0.6
- -----------
* The only thing I added is the -s switch to the initvars command to
force the value assignment.
* There was a bug in the expression evaluation.
Version 1.0.5
- -----------
* What is akanga?
akanga is a rc derived shell interpreter. It was developed from the
release rc-1.5betadev. akanga is also preconfigured for editline
support and comes with the sorces for it.
* What is the difference between rc and akanga?
akanga has additional builtin support for
- Temporary files
- File locking
- Reading standard input
- Reading configuration files
- Arithmetic expression evaluation
They are meant to support better programming support. See akanga(1)
and akangaexpr(1) for further information.
* How do I compile it?
You can try a ``make'' in the main directory. This will produce
a good number of compilation messages. Ignore them if you don't
get errors. If it works you'll get the stripped akanga binary in
the bin directory. Copy it to /bin.
* Installing akanga and samples.
The makefile contains an ``install'' target that copies akanga
to /bin the sample scripts to /usr/local/bin and all available
manpages to /usr/local/man/man1. You can change the locations
in ``copyfiles'' script.
This requires a compiled akanga binary in the bin directory.
* How do I use it?
The samples directory contains some example script for akanga.