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rc


Information about the package, rc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rc package is designed for, Re-implementation for Unix of the Plan 9 shell.


Package Name:

rc

Summary:

Re-implementation for Unix of the Plan 9 shell

Description:

Rc is a command interpreter for Plan 9 that provides similar facilities to UNIX's Bourne shell, with some small additions and less idiosyncratic syntax. This is a re-implementation for Unix, by Byron Rakitzis, of the Plan 9 shell.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.7.4

Release:

1.el6

Size:

79 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

zlib



Handy Yum Commands for rc


Control the rc package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install rc

This command will install rc on the server.

yum remove rc

This command will un-install rc on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove rc

This command will un-install rc on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rc when using the -y flag.

yum update rc

This command will update rc to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update rc

This command will update rc to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rc when using the -y flag.

yum info rc

This command will show you core information about the rc package.

yum deplist rc

This command will show you the dependencies for rc. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update rc

This command will check if there is an update waiting on rc. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.