On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 18:18 +0200, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > On Wednesday 27 June 2007 17:35, Dallas Clement wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I am executing an ash init script from initramfs. I have only the > > console for I/O at this time -- no TTYs available. > > > > My init script prompts for input like so: > > > > printf " is that correct? (y|n) -> " > > read confirm > > > > Should I be able to interrupt ash script execution with a control-C? > > > > I am trying to trap it in my script as follows: > > > > trap abort 2 > > No, it won't work. Ctrl-C, Ctrl-Z etc have special > meaning only when they come from controlling tty. > > /dev/console cannot be a controlling tty in Linux. > (there is code in kernel which disallows this). > > See cttyhack (and its help text) in newer busybox. > -- > vda
Thanks for the reply. Can I hi-jack my PC VGA port with getty then to get a controlling terminal? I'd like to avoid forcing a login. I'm trying to do this from an init script. _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox
