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RNAME(1)		     General Commands Manual			RNAME(1)

NAME
     rname -- invoke a program under a different name

SYNOPSIS
     rname fakename realname [args...]
     rname [-V | -h]

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  envi-
     ronment variables.

FILES
     The  operation  of the rname utility is not directly influenced by the con-
     tents of any files.

EXAMPLES
     Run bunzip2 as bzcat:

	   rname bzcat bunzip2 foo.txt.bz2

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  resur-
     rected 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.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	January 24, 2017			RNAME(1)

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