$ cat > test-in <<_EOF_ + mod | cat > test-out + _EOF_ $ crash [....] crash> < test-in crash> quit $ cat test-out crash> mod | cat > test-out MODULE NAME SIZE OBJECT FILE [....] That first line does not belong in "test-out". It is very noticeable if "cat" were trying to parse the "mod" output. WRT printf, you can always add another global: trace_fp and let that one be the fp for writing trace logs. But it should always be stdout. (Well, "stderr", actually, but you are already printing your command traces to stdout.) On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Dave Anderson <anderson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm not sure I agree... > >> $ diff -u *~ cmdline.c >> --- cmdline.c~ 2012-02-03 11:22:33.000000000 -0800 >> +++ cmdline.c 2012-02-15 16:51:07.209524248 -0800 >> @@ -1372,10 +1372,8 @@ >> if (!(argcnt = parse_line(pc->command_line, args))) >> continue; >> >> - if (!(pc->flags & SILENT)) { >> - fprintf(fp, "%s%s", pc->prompt, buf); >> - fflush(fp); >> - } >> + if (!(pc->flags & SILENT)) >> + printf("%s%s", pc->prompt, buf); >> >> exec_command(); >> } > > Can you show an example of the problem that you're trying > to handle? > > Also, printf() is never used by the crash utility. (well, except > by some dead va_server.c code, some dead remote.c debug code, > and a couple places in s390dbf.c which I don't control...) > > Dave -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility