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<h1> The <tt>s6-linux-utils</tt> multicall binary </h1>

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The <tt>s6-linux-utils</tt> program is only available when the
<tt>--enable-multicall</tt> option has been given to the <tt>configure</tt>
program at build time. In this configuration, <tt>s6-linux-utils</tt> is
a multicall binary implementing the functionality of <em>all</em>
the programs in the s6-linux-utils package; and the other programs, instead
of being executables of their own, are symbolic links to the
s6-linux-utils binary.
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<h2> Interface </h2>

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     s6-linux-utils <em>subcommand</em> <em>subcommand_arguments...</em>
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<p>
 s6-linux-utils will run the <em>subcommand</em> with its arguments. For
instance, <tt>s6-linux-utils s6-ps -H</tt> will run the equivalent of the
<a href="s6-ps.html">s6-ps</a> program, so this command will print a
tree of the currently running processes.
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 Alternatively, if s6-linux-utils is called with the name of an existing
command, it will run the equivalent of that command. For instance,
if the <tt>/usr/bin/s6-ps</tt> file is a (hard or symbolic) link to
the <tt>s6-linux-utils</tt> binary, <tt>/usr/bin/s6-ps -H</tt> will print
a tree of the currently running processes.
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