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Operating Systems Linux UNIX Utility Development Conventions? Post 303040862 by MonilGomes on Friday 8th of November 2019 02:11:58 AM
Old 11-08-2019
UNIX Utility Development Conventions?

I'm slowly hacking away at a zsh script that shows some promise as a command line tool. I want to learn more about the conventions regarding command line tool development in Unix (and/or macOS), but don't really know where to look for this information.

What is the correct way, or convention, to specify and parse command line arguments, for example? How should I package my tool? What is the best way to handle deployment of the various aspects of my tool, for example the man page, or configuration settings? How should I handle the upgrade process?

Smaller details, like should I store my source code in the repo with execute permissions turned on, or should I only turn on those permissions when the files are deployed on the user's machine? What group should I set as the default for my executable files?

Does anyone know any great resources out there that address these issues?
 

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ZF(8)								zendframework tool							     ZF(8)

NAME
zf - command line tool for zendframework SYNOPSIS
zf [--global-opts] action-name [--action-opts] provider-name [--provider-opts] [provider parameters ...] DESCRIPTION
zf is a command line tool to create and manage zendframework projects. The CLI, or command line tool (internally known as the console tool), is currently the primary interface for dispatching Zend_Tool requests. With the CLI tool, developers can issue tooling requests inside the "command line window", also commonly known as a "terminal" window. OPTIONS
zf show version mode[=mini] name-included[=1] This will show the current version number of the copy of Zend Framework the zf.php tool is using. zf show manifest This will show what information is in the tooling systems manifest. This is more important for provider developers than casual users of the tooling system. zf create project MyProjectName The project provider is the first command you might want to run. This will setup the basic structure of your application. This is required before any of the other providers can be executed. zf create module Blog This will create a module named Blog at application/modules/Blog, and all of the artifacts that a module will need. zf create controller Auth This will create a controller named Auth, specifically it will create a file at application/controllers/AuthController.php with the AuthController inside. zf create action login Auth This will create an action in an existing controller. zf create view Auth my-script-name This will create a view script in the controller folder of Auth. zf create model User This will create a model User. zf create form Auth This will create a form Auth. zf configure dbadapter adapter=Pdo_Mysql&username=test&password=test&dbname=test This will configure your database connection and is saved in your application.ini. zf create dbtable User user This creates a Zend_Db_Table model/data file. zf enable layout This enable layout in your application and creates necessary files and store this to your application.ini. HOMEPAGE
More information about zendframework project can be found at <http://framework.zend.com/>. AUTHOR
The development is currently coordinated by Zend Technologies Ltd. <http://framework.zend.com>. This manual page was written by Frank Habermann <lordlamer@lordlamer.de>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). 1.10.1 2010-02-12 ZF(8)
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