Karel Zak wrote: > Would be better to learn people to fix their shell initialization > files to not call script(1) for non-interactive sessions? It makes sense. >From 8fff32e65399ae07f70e12568d4d5278725673a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:02:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] script.1: Document behavior in non-interactive shells And discourage users from such use. --- term-utils/script.1 | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/term-utils/script.1 b/term-utils/script.1 index 4573f07..f32030c 100644 --- a/term-utils/script.1 +++ b/term-utils/script.1 @@ -121,6 +121,26 @@ create garbage in the typescript file. .B script works best with commands that do not manipulate the screen, the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal. +.PP +It is not recommended to run +.B script +in non-interactive shells. The inner shell of +.B script +is always interactive, and this could lead to unexpected results. If you use +.B script +in the shell initialization file (profile), you should use e. g. +.RS +.RE +.sp +.na +.RS +.nf +if test -t 0 ; then + script +fi +.fi +.RE +.PP .SH ENVIRONMENT The following environment variable is utilized by .BR script : -- 2.2.2 -- Best Regards / S pozdravem, Stanislav Brabec software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: sbrabec@xxxxxxx Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +49 911 7405384547 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 284 084 001 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ PGP: 830B 40D5 9E05 35D8 5E27 6FA3 717C 209F A04F CD76 -- 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
