clap/examples/24a_multicall_busybox.md

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Example of a busybox-style multicall program
See the documentation for clap::AppSettings::Multicall for rationale.
This example omits every command except true and false,
which are the most trivial to implement,
```bash,ignore
$ busybox true
? 0
$ busybox false
? 1
```
*Note: without the links setup, we can't demonostrate the multicall behavior*
But includes the `--install` option as an example of why it can be useful
for the main program to take arguments that aren't applet subcommands.
```bash,ignore
$ busybox --install
? failed
...
```
Though users must pass something:
```bash,ignore
$ busybox
? failed
busybox
USAGE:
busybox[EXE] [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Print help information
--install <install> Install hardlinks for all subcommands in path
SUBCOMMANDS:
false does nothing unsuccessfully
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
true does nothing successfully
```