From: James Hunt <james.hunt@xxxxxxxxxx> Specifying 'script --quiet ...' still produces the 'Script started' message in the typescript file. The --quiet option implies that the script program should not log any of its output to the typescript file. Originally reported at: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=693966 Signed-off-by: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@xxxxxxxx> --- term-utils/script.1 | 3 ++- term-utils/script.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/term-utils/script.1 b/term-utils/script.1 index 60a0e53..67e1066 100644 --- a/term-utils/script.1 +++ b/term-utils/script.1 @@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ Allow the default output destination, i.e. the typescript file, to be a hard or symbolic link. The command will follow a symbolic link. .TP \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR -Be quiet. +Be quiet (do not write start and done messages to either standard output +or the typescript file). .TP \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-timing\fR[=\fIfile\fR] Output timing data to standard error, or to diff --git a/term-utils/script.c b/term-utils/script.c index 1530e67..21fb5af 100644 --- a/term-utils/script.c +++ b/term-utils/script.c @@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ dooutput(void) { tvec = time((time_t *)NULL); my_strftime(obuf, sizeof obuf, "%c\n", localtime(&tvec)); - fprintf(fscript, _("Script started on %s"), obuf); + if (!qflg) + fprintf(fscript, _("Script started on %s"), obuf); FD_ZERO(&readfds); -- 2.0.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
