NAME

rname — invoke a program under a different name

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The rname utility invokes the specified program, passing a different name instead of the name of the program executable.

The rname utility accepts the following command-line options:

-h

Display program usage information and exit.

-V

Display program version information and exit.

ENVIRONMENT

The operation of the rname utility is not directly influenced by any environment variables.

FILES

The operation of the rname utility is not directly influenced by the contents of any files.

EXAMPLES

Run bunzip2 as bzcat:

DIAGNOSTICS

The rname utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

execvp(3)

STANDARDS

No standards were harmed during the production of the rname utility.

HISTORY

The rname utility was written by Peter Pentchev in 2010 and then resurrected in 2017.

AUTHORS

Peter Pentchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩

BUGS

No, thank you :) But if you should actually find any, please report them to the author.