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25.Dd July 20, 2018
26.Dt DELAY.4TH 7
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm delay.4th
30.Nd loader debugging boot module
31.Sh DESCRIPTION
32The file that goes by the name of
33.Nm
34is a set of commands designed to add debugging capabilities to
35.Xr loader 7 .
36The commands of
37.Nm
38by themselves are not enough for most uses.
39Please refer to the
40examples below for the most common situations, and to
41.Xr loader 7
42for additional commands.
43.Pp
44Before using any of the commands provided in
45.Nm ,
46it must be included
47through the command:
48.Pp
49.Dl include delay.4th
50.Pp
51This line is present in
52.Pa /boot/forth/beastie.4th
53file, so it is not needed (and should not be re-issued) in a normal setup.
54.Pp
55The commands provided by it are:
56.Pp
57.Bl -tag -width disable-module_module -compact -offset indent
58.It Ic delay_execute
59Executes the [string] procedure stored in the
60.Ic delay_command
61environment variable after
62.Ic loader_delay
63seconds.
64.Pp
65If the optional
66.Ic delay_showdots
67environment variable is set, a continuous series of dots is printed.
68.Pp
69During the duration, the user can either press Ctrl-C (or Esc) to abort or
70ENTER to proceed immediately.
71.El
72.Pp
73The environment variables that effect its behavior are:
74.Bl -tag -width bootfile -offset indent
75.It Va delay_command
76The command to be executed by
77.Ic delay_execute .
78.It Va loader_delay
79The duration (in seconds) to delay before executing
80.Ic delay_command .
81.It Va delay_showdots
82If set, will cause
83.Ic delay_execute
84to print a continuous series of dots during the delay duration.
85.El
86.Sh FILES
87.Bl -tag -width /boot/forth/loader.4th -compact
88.It Pa /boot/loader
89The
90.Xr loader 7 .
91.It Pa /boot/forth/delay.4th
92.Nm
93itself.
94.It Pa /boot/loader.rc
95.Xr loader 7
96bootstrapping script.
97.El
98.Sh EXAMPLES
99Introducing a 5-second delay before including another file from
100.Pa /boot/loader.rc :
101.Pp
102.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
103include /boot/forth/delay.4th
104set delay_command="include /boot/forth/other.4th"
105set delay_showdots
106set loader_delay=5
107delay_execute
108.Ed
109.Sh SEE ALSO
110.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
111.Xr beastie.4th 7 ,
112.Xr loader 7 ,
113.Xr loader.4th 7
114