[PATCH 0/3] script: no logging for non-interactive shells

[Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@suse.cz>]

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.

Note that similar behavior existed between f50473e and 3822032, but the 
new proposed behavior does not generate error.

-- 
Best Regards / S pozdravem,

Stanislav Brabec
software developer
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