Guides

Zesk Build Guides

• Why Zesk Build
• Coding in Bash
• Testing Tools
• Environment file formats - Docker vs. Bash-compatible environment files
• Direct binaries - Code you can call from the shell directly
• Guide to types - Data types supported by Zesk Build
• Function Documentation - Zesk Build supports documentation via the comment above a Bash function.
• Identical - The identical tool
• Hooks - Hooks are called by Zesk Build at various times and allow for extension and customization of various behaviors.
• Zesk Build Encodings - Ways things are encoded in text
• Installer - Build your own standalone installer script using Zesk Build
• Artifacts - Known artifacts generated by build tools
• Oddities - Odd code explained

Bash guides

bash has been in existence since 1979 ( see bash) and has a long history as a steady and stable shell to bootstrap your systems.

• FUNCNAME and BASH_SOURCE notes
• test cheatsheet - Bash test and [ ] expressions
• Trap Manual Page - Never enjoy digging to find this definition for trap.
• Bash cheatsheet - shopt meanings
• Set cheatsheet - set meanings
• Bash variable cheatsheet - ${var#match} and ${var%match}
• strftime cheatsheet - date percent formatting codes
• Bash FAQ - Raw, original document.
• man read - Manual page for read
• man trap - Manual page for trap

History

• Deprecated functionality