BOOT(1prom)         UMIPS-V Reference Manual          BOOT(1prom)



     NAME
          boot - load and execute program

     SYNOPSIS
          boot [ -f file ] [ -n ] [ args ]

     DESCRIPTION
          boot loads the program specified by the -f option.  If the
          -f flag is not specified, boot loads the file specified by
          the environment variable bootfile . If -n is specified, boot
          loads the requested file, but does not transfer control to
          the program.  The program can be initiated later using the
          go(1spp) command, but no arguments may be passed in this
          case.  If present args, are passed to the program and are
          accessible from the standard argc , argv mechanism.  Any
          argument that begins with a - must be prepended with an
          additional - , this extra dash will be removed before the
          argument is passed to the program.  The current environment
          will be passed to the program as the third parameter to the
          main routine and also from the external variable environ .

     ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
          If the environment variable $path is defined and the boot
          command has a file to load that does not have a device
          specification, boot tries to load a file name formed by
          prepending the contents of $path to the original file name.
          If $path is a list of space separated prefixes, the boot
          command tries each prefix from $path in turn until the file
          can be successfully booted or all prefixes have been tried.

     SEE ALSO
          go(1prom), load(1prom), sload(1prom)

     NOTES
          The syntax for the file parameter depends on the boot
          device, and varies with the RISComputer system at your
          installation.  The applicable syntax is described in the
          Prom Monitor chapter of the Technical Reference Manual that
          was shipped with your system.
















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