open()+stat() does not work for example after su(1) (from root to
non-root). It seems better to use only stat() to get the current
terminal status.
Addresses: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906157
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
The ttyname(3) can fail to access /dev/ path, and that will cause function
to fail without setting errno value with result of rather confusing error
message. Lets start setting stdin permission via /proc when this happens as
a go-around, with hope kernel following symlink does not fail. Ok, noted,
that hopes of symlink follow working are pretty slim.
Based on patch from Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>.
Reference: https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/1724
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Lots of people are confused why mesg(1) is priting this message. Usual
cause seems to be an uninteractive shell trying to turn running 'mesg n'
from a /root/.profile where command invocation is by default on debian based
systems. This might be rare case when failing silently is better.
[kzak@redhat.com: - add note to the man page
- fix if(isatty()) logic]
Reference: https://www.google.com/search?q=mesg+ttyname+failed
Review: https://marc.info/?l=util-linux-ng&m=153319988631233&w=2
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
changed in include/c.h and applied via sed:
sed -i 's/fprintf.*\(USAGE_MAN_TAIL.*\)/printf(\1/' $(git ls-files -- "*.c")
sed -i 's/print_usage_help_options\(.*\);/printf(USAGE_HELP_OPTIONS\1);/' $(git ls-files -- "*.c")
Signed-off-by: Ruediger Meier <ruediger.meier@ga-group.nl>
Consolidate --help and --version descriptions. We are
now able to align them to the other options.
We changed include/c.h. The rest of this patch was
generated by sed, plus manually setting the right
alignment numbers. We do not change anything but
white spaces in the --help output.
Signed-off-by: Ruediger Meier <ruediger.meier@ga-group.nl>
text-utils/tailf.c:69:21: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer
Since many 'struct option' has used zero as NULL make them more readable in
same go by reindenting, and using named argument requirements.
Reference: https://lwn.net/Articles/93577/
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
The message "stat failed %s" seems to say that stat() failed to
do something, or failed to pass a test, but of course it means
that the statting of something failed. So say so. Also make
two very similar messages equal to this one.
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
This adds a concise description of a tool to its usage text.
A first form of this patch was proposed by Steven Honeyman
(see http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg09994.html).
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Karel Zak
Sami Kerola
Ruediger Meier
Benno Schulenberg
William Pitcock