amir-kedis / simple_shell

Simple Shell Project

Description

This is a simple shell project for ALX Software Engineering. It is a simple UNIX command interpreter that replicates the basic functionalities of the sh shell. This was made as part of the first sprint curiculum of the ALX Software Engineering program.

Authors

• Sarah Kamal
• Amir Kedis

TODO: add more info about the project and tasks

Allowed Functions and System Calls

Function	Header
access	unistd.h
chdir	unistd.h
close	unistd.h
closedir	dirent.h
execve	unistd.h
exit	stdlib.h
_exit	stdlib.h
fflush	stdio.h
fork	sys/types.h
free	stdlib.h
getcwd	unistd.h
getline	stdio.h
getpid	sys/types.h
isatty	unistd.h
kill	signal.h
malloc	stdlib.h
open	sys/types.h <sys/stat.h> <fcntl.h>
opendir	dirent.h
perror	stdio.h
read	unistd.h
readdir	dirent.h
signal	signal.h
stat	unistd.h <sys/stat.h>
lstat	unistd.h <sys/stat.h>
fstat	unistd.h <sys/stat.h>
strtok	string.h
wait	sys/wait.h
waitpid	sys/wait.h
wait3	sys/wait.h
wait4	sys/wait.h
write	unistd.h

Compilation

The shell should be compiled this way:

gcc -Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic -std=gnu89 *.c -o hsh

To start the shell in interactive mode:

chmod u+x hsh
./hsh

To run tests:

gcc -Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic -std=gnu89 *.c \
tests/{your-test-name}.c -o test_driver.out