From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@suse.cz>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] script: no logging for non-interactive shells
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:05:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150211100528.GA32133@ws.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54DA787B.4090205@suse.cz>
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 10:30:35PM +0100, Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> Many people use script in their shell initialization files. It has some
> unwanted consequences, e. g. logging commands from cron (and starting them
> in a pseudo-terminal and interactive shell). It could also result in a
> seemingly hanging applications:
>
> For example:
>
> echo -e './script\nTERM=linux mutt' | \
> at $(date -d "+1 minute 5 seconds" +%H:%M)
>
> mutt will "hang" inside at, because it thinks that it is running in an
> interactive shell and waits for input.
>
> That is why I wrote --interactive command line option. If it is set, script
> called from a non-interactive session will not log anything, just
> (optionally) execute -c argument and silently exit.
Would be better to learn people to fix their shell initialization
files to not call script(1) for non-interactive sessions?
Karel
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Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
http://karelzak.blogspot.com
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-10 21:30 [PATCH 0/3] script: no logging for non-interactive shells Stanislav Brabec
2015-02-11 10:05 ` Karel Zak [this message]
2015-02-11 14:07 ` Stanislav Brabec
2015-02-12 13:31 ` Karel Zak
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