X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Finvoking.texi;h=125fdd2b884cf6ab7d75f0f07279553d340cdfc6;hb=000e3e8c5818476c3afbc75fad9347aefb6e902a;hp=c70d0cf6c7c1e79dc91d2287f812dc3d1313976d;hpb=1fc3af93c0ba6cbaf7ef09edc979096b6f16dd6f;p=pspp diff --git a/doc/invoking.texi b/doc/invoking.texi index c70d0cf6c7..125fdd2b88 100644 --- a/doc/invoking.texi +++ b/doc/invoking.texi @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -@node Invocation, Language, Credits, Top +@node Invocation, Language, License, Top @chapter Invoking PSPP @cindex invocation @cindex PSPP, invoking @@ -35,21 +35,11 @@ PSPP's command line: @item @var{file} A file by itself on the command line will be executed as a syntax file. -PSPP terminates after the syntax file runs, unless the @code{-i} or +If multiple files may be specified, they are executed in order, as if +their contents had been given in a single file. +PSPP terminates after the syntax files run, unless the @code{-i} or @code{--interactive} option is given (@pxref{Language control options}). -@item @var{file1} @var{file2} - -When two or more filenames are given on the command line, the first -syntax file is executed, then PSPP's dictionary is cleared, then the second -syntax file is executed. - -@item @var{file1} + @var{file2} - -If syntax files' names are delimited by a plus sign (@samp{+}), then the -dictionary is not cleared between their executions, as if they were -concatenated together into a single file. - @item @var{key}=@var{value} Defines an output device macro @var{key} to expand to @var{value},