It looks like the bottom line here is that the -t option is a rather
recent bash2 enhancement and so it's probably not wise to make Seattle
Firewall dependent on it.
As time permits, I'll take a look at replacing it with what Charles has
suggested.
-Tom
Thus spoke [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 07:41:33PM -0800, Jack Coates scribbled:
> > Works fine here.
> > [jack@felix jack]$ bash --help
> > GNU bash, version 2.04.12(1)-release-(i586-mandrake-linux-gnu)
> >
> > Is there a newer slackware package?
>
> There's a slackball of 2.0.4b5, but I'll just compile the lastest
> source.
>
> > --
> > Jack Coates
> > Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner!
> >
> > On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 01:17:27PM -0800, Tom Eastep scribbled:
> > > > Thus spoke David Douthitt:
> > > > > I don't know. That "-t" option sure is missing alright: doesn't exist
> > > > > in pdksh, tcsh, bash, or ash. You sure it exists? :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > What is it?
> > > >
> > > > It exists in bash
> > > >
> > > > -t <seconds>
> > > >
> > > > Causes the read to terminate after <seconds> seconds...
> > >
> > > Tom, thanks for coming to my rescue here, I had no proof to
> > > back it up, and I didn't think you were reading this list.
> > > :)
> > >
> > > However, I feel bad that I have to do this to you:
> > >
> > > -----
> > >
> > > cow:~$ bash --help
> > > GNU bash, version 2.03.0(1)-release-(i386-slackware-linux-gnu)
> > > Usage: bash [GNU long option] [option] ...
> > > bash [GNU long option] [option] script-file ...
> > > GNU long options:
> > > --debug
> > > --dump-po-strings
> > > --dump-strings
> > > --help
> > > --login
> > > --noediting
> > > --noprofile
> > > --norc
> > > --posix
> > > --rcfile
> > > --restricted
> > > --verbose
> > > --version
> > > --wordexp
> > > Shell options:
> > > -irsD or -c command (invocation only)
> > > -abefhkmnptuvxBCHP or -o option
> > > Type ash -c "help set"' for more information about shell options.
> > > Type ash -c help' for more information about shell builtin commands.
> > > Use the ashbug' command to report bugs.
> > >
> > > cow:~$ bash
> > >
> > > cow:~$ read -t 5 moocow
> > > bash: read: illegal option: -t
> > > read: usage: read [-r] [-p prompt] [-a array] [-e] [name ...]
> > >
> > > cow:~$
> > >
> > > -----
> > >
> > > There's a transcript of my attempt to use read -t, including
> > > bash version info and added whitespace for readability.
> > >
> > > What bash version does it exist in, and on what distribution
> > > is that bash shipped?
> > >
> > > > -Tom
> > > > --
> > > > Tom Eastep \ Alt Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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