On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Don Russell <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 10:41 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 10:49 -0700, Don Russell wrote: > > > >> How can I tell, from a Korn shell script, if the script is running in > > > >> a vi sub-shell? > > > >> > > > >> I have a script that has a problem when run from a vi subshell, and > > > >> I'd like to check for that condition and just issue an error message. > > > >> (I know that's not the solution to the problem, but the thing that > > > >> fails is being replaced, so this is a temporary "fix") > > > > > > > > Try: > > > > > > > > ls -l /proc/`cat /proc/$$/status|grep PPid|cut -f2`/exe > > > > > > What on Earth are you doing here? > > > 1) unless you have some reason to doubt the value of $PPID, you are just > > > making this look complex > > > 2) if this is a login shell, you will not have permission to read the > > > exe symbolic link. > > > 3) you probably just want to see if /proc/$PPIC/cmdline matches vi > > > > Duh, yes. The OP wants to know if his script is being executed from > > 'vi'. That's one way to do it. You're right about the permissions of > > course, my bad, but using $PPID doesn't change that in the script. > > > > Here's a better one: > > > > ps -p $PPID -o comm= > > > > > > That's GREAT! It's exactly what I need.... and bonus points for it working on other platforms too ;-) I spoke too soon... I had to tweak it a little.... since running the script starts a new shell, it's not enough to look at the parent... I have to go back a generation further to look at the Grand Parent PID... Thus, in the script that cares about such things... GPPID=`/usr/bin/ps -p $PPID -oppid=` if [[ "LOGINSHELL" != `/usr/bin/ps -p $GPPID -o comm=` ]]; then print "$0 not allowed from sub-shell" >&2 exit 1 fi Of course the LOGINSHELL literal could be system specific... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list