NAME

cmdliner-install-generic-completion - Install generic completion scripts

SYNOPSIS

cmdliner install generic-completion [--dry-run] [--shell=SHELL] [--update-opam-install=PKG.install] [OPTION]… SHAREDIR

DESCRIPTION

cmdliner install generic-completion installs the generic completion script of given shells in a share directory according to specific shell conventions. Directories are created if needed. Use option --dry-run to see which paths would be written. Examples:

cmdliner install generic-completion /usr/local/share # All supported shells

cmdliner install generic-completion --shell zsh /usr/local/share

To inspect the actual scripts use the command generic-completion.

ARGUMENTS

SHAREDIR (required): SHAREDIR is the share directory to install to.

OPTIONS

--dry-run: Do not install, output paths that would be written.
-s SHELL, --shell=SHELL (absent=All supported shells): SHELL the shell to support, must be one of bash, zsh or pwsh. Repeatable.
--update-opam-install=PKG.install: Update or create an opam .install file PKG.install with install moves from the installed files to the corresponding opam install sections. Also performed if --dry-run is specified.

COMMON OPTIONS

--help[=FMT] (default=auto): Show this help in format FMT. The value FMT must be one of auto, pager, groff or plain. With auto, the format is pager or plain whenever the TERM env var is dumb or undefined.
--version: Show version information.

EXIT STATUS

cmdliner install generic-completion exits with:

0: on success.
123: on indiscriminate errors reported on standard error.
124: on command line parsing errors.
125: on unexpected internal errors (bugs).