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# Roboleaf configuration files interpreter
Reads and executes Roboleaf product configuration files.
## Usage
`rbcrun` *options* *VAR=value*... [ *file* ]
A Roboleaf configuration file is a Starlark script. Usually it is read from *file*. The option `-c` allows to provide a
script directly on the command line. The option `-f` is there to allow the name of a file script to contain (`=`).
(i.e., `my=file.rbc` sets `my` to `file.rbc`, `-f my=file.rbc` runs the script from `my=file.rbc`).
### Options
`-d` *dir*\
Root directory for load("//path",...)
`-c` *text*\
Read script from *text*
`--perf` *file*\
Gather performance statistics and save it to *file*. Use \
` go tool prof -top`*file*\
to show top CPU users
`-f` *file*\
File to run.
## Extensions
The runner allows Starlark scripts to use the following features that Bazel's Starlark interpreter does not support:
### Load statement URI
Starlark does not define the format of the load statement's first argument.
The Roboleaf configuration interpreter supports the format that Bazel uses
(`":file"` or `"//path:file"`). In addition, it allows the URI to end with
`"|symbol"` which defines a single variable `symbol` with `None` value if a
module does not exist. Thus,
```
load(":mymodule.rbc|init", mymodule_init="init")
```
will load the module `mymodule.rbc` and export a symbol `init` in it as
`mymodule_init` if `mymodule.rbc` exists. If `mymodule.rbc` is missing,
`mymodule_init` will be set to `None`
### Predefined Symbols
#### rblf_env
A `struct` containing environment variables. E.g., `rblf_env.USER` is the username when running on Unix.
#### rblf_cli
A `struct` containing the variable set by the interpreter's command line. That is, running
```
rbcrun FOO=bar myfile.rbc
```
will have the value of `rblf_cli.FOO` be `"bar"`
### Predefined Functions
#### rblf_file_exists(*file*)
Returns `True` if *file* exists
#### rblf_wildcard(*glob*, *top* = None)
Expands *glob*. If *top* is supplied, expands "*top*/*glob*", then removes
"*top*/" prefix from the matching file names.
#### rblf_regex(*pattern*, *text*)
Returns *True* if *text* matches *pattern*.
#### rblf_shell(*command*)
Runs `sh -c "`*command*`"`, reads its output, converts all newlines into spaces, chops trailing newline returns this
string. This is equivalent to Make's
`shell` builtin function. *This function will be eventually removed*.