Reference: layers
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T21:53:21Z

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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## layers

    layers [options] [layers_program]

A layer multiplexor for windowing terminals. layers manages asynchronous windows on a windowing terminal. `layers_program` is a file containing a firmware patch that layers downloads to the terminal (before layers are created or startup `commands` are executed).

### Options

-d

  Print sizes of the text, data, and bss portions of a downloaded firmware patch on standard error.

-D

  Print debugging messages on standard error.

-f `file`

  Initialize layers with a configuration given by `file`. Each line of `file` is a layer to be created and has the format `x1 y1 x2 y2 commands`, specifying the origin, the opposite corner, and start up commands. E.g.:

  >     10 10 800 240 date; who; exec $SHELL

-h `list`

  Supply a comma-separated `list` of STREAMS modules to push onto a layer.

-m `size`

  Set data part of xt packets to maximum `size` (32-252).

-p

  Print downloading protocol statistics and a trace of a downloaded firmware patch on standard error.

-s

  Report protocol statistics on standard error after exiting layers.

-t

  Turn on xt driver packet tracing and produce a trace dump on standard error after exiting layers.

Reference: ksh |  | Reference: ld