chicken-status1

Usage

Overview

chicken-status lists information about installed CHICKEN Scheme extension libraries.

If NAME is given, information is limited to the specified extension(s). Otherwise, all extensions are shown.

The program accepts following arguments:

-h, -help

Show usage and exit.

-version

Show version and exit.

-c, -components

List installed components.

-f, -files

List installed files.

-list

List installed egg versions in a format suitable for use with chicken-install(1)'s -override or -from-list options.

-match

Treat NAME as a glob pattern.

-host

When cross-compiling, only show host extensions.

-target

When cross-compiling, only show target extensions. “override” format.

-cached

List eggs that are currently cached.

Environment

The following environment variables change the behaviour of chicken-status:

CHICKEN_INSTALL_REPOSITORY

The path where extension libraries are installed. Defaults to the package library path selected during configuration (usually $prefix/lib/chicken/<binary-version>).

CHICKEN_REPOSITORY_PATH

One or more directories holding extension libraries. Defaults to the installation repository.

CHICKEN_EGG_CACHE

Location where eggs are retrieved and built.

Files

$XDG_CACHE_HOME/chicken-install/

Default directory for cached eggs. ( $XDG_CACHE_HOME defaults to $HOME/.cache )

Exit status

The chicken-status utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.