newlisp(1)                  Commandline Parameters                  newlisp(1)



NAME
       newlisp - lisp like programming language

SYNOPSIS
       newlisp  [-n]  [-h]  [-c | -C | -http] [-s stack] [-m max-mem-megabyte]
       [[-l path-file | -L path-file] [-p port-number | -d  port-number]]  [-w
       directory] [lisp-files ...] [-e programtext]

DESCRIPTION
       Invokes newLISP which first loads init.lsp if present. Then one or more
       options and one or more newLISP source  files  can  be  specified.  The
       options  and source files are executed in the sequence they appear. For
       some options is makes sense to have source files loaded first like  for
       the  -p  and -d options. For other options like -s and -m it is logical
       to specify these before the source files to be loaded. If a  -e  switch
       is  used  the programtext is evaluated and then newlisp exits otherwise
       evaluation  continues  interactively  (unless  an  exit  occurs  during
       lisp-file interpretation).

OPTIONS
       -n     Suppress  loading  of  any  init.lsp or .init.lsp initialization
              file.

       -h     Display a short help text.

       -c     Suppress the commandline prompt.

       -C     Force prompt when running newLISP in pipe I/O mode for Emacs.

       -http  only accept HTTP commands

       -s stacksize
              Stack size to use when starting newLISP. When no stack  size  is
              specified the stack defaults to 1024.

       -m max-mem-megabyte
              Limits  memory  to max-mem-megabyte megabytes for LISP cell mem-
              ory.

       lisp-files
              Load and evaluate the specified lisp source files  in  sequence.
              Source  files  can be specified using URLs. If an (exit) is exe-
              cuted by one of the source files then newlisp exits and all pro-
              cessing ceases.

       -e programtext
              Programtext  is  an expression enclosed in quotation marks which
              is evaluated and the result printed to standard out device (STD-
              OUT). In most UNIX system shells apostrophes can also be used to
              delimit the expression. newLISP exits after evaluation  of  pro-
              gramtext is complete.

       -w directory
              Directory is the start up directory for newLISP. Any file refer-
              ence in a program will refer to this directory by default as the
              current  directory. This can be used to define a web root direc-
              tory when in server mode.

       -l -L path-file
              Log  network  connections  and  newLISP  I/O  to  the  file   in
              path-file.  -l  will only log network connections or commandline
              input or  net-eval  requests.  -L  will  additionally  log  HTTP
              requests and newLISP output from commandline and net-eval input.

       -p port-number
              Listen for commands on a TCP/IP socket connection. In this  case
              standard  I/O  is  redirected  to  the  port specified in the -p
              option. Any specified lisp-files will be loaded the first time a
              connection  is  made,  that is, before text is accepted from the
              port connection.

       -d port-number
              Run in demon mode. As for the -p option, but  newLISP  does  not
              exit after a closed connection and stays in memory listening for
              a new connection.

       -t microseconds-connection-timeout
              Specifies a connection timeout when running in -p  or  -d  demon
              mode. Server will disconnect when no further input is read after
              accepting a client connection.


EXAMPLES
       Start interactive session
              newlisp


       Excute a program
              newlisp myprog.lsp


       Excute a remote program
              newlisp http://newlisp.org/example.lsp


       Add 3 and 4, 7 prints on standard output
              newlisp -e "(+ 3 4)"


       newLISP is started as a server (the & indicates to  LINUX  to  run  the
       process in the background) and can be connected to with telnet by issu-
       ing telnet localhost 1234
              newlisp -p 1234 &


       newLISP is started as a server for another newlisp  process  connecting
       with  the  net-eval  function or HTTP requests. Connection timeout is 3
       seconds.
              newlisp -c -t 3000000 -d 4711 &


       newLISP is started as a server handling HTTP requests only. Connections
       are logged to the file /usr/home/www/log.txt
              newlisp -l /usr/home/www/log.txt -http -d 8080 &


       newLISP is started as a server handling HTTP requests and defining  the
       startup/web root directory
              newlisp -http -d 8080 -w /usr/home/www/httpdocs &

       When accepting HTTP commands a file httpd.conf  can  be  loaded,  which
       will preprocess the path-name in the HTTP request
              newlisp httpd.conf -http -d 8080 -w /usr/home/www/httpdocs &

       If the file httpd.conf contains:

       (define (httpd-conf path-name)
           (if (ends-with path-name ".exe") "errorpage.html" path-name))

       then all files ending in .exe  will  translate  the  request  in  to  a
       request  for  an  error  page,  else  the  original  request  string is
       returned.


EXIT STATUS
       newLISP returns a zero exit status for  normal  termination  unless  an
       exit  command  specifies a code to be returned. Non zero is returned in
       case of abnormal exit.

AUTHOR
       Lutz Mueller <lutz@nuevatec.com>

       http://www.newlisp.org/ - the newLISP home page



version 10.1.5                  September 2009                      newlisp(1)

