Public bug reported: Binary package hint: redhat-cluster-suite
I originally discovered this bug in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. I've also submitted this as: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460060 Description of problem: clustat(8) offers no way of obtaining untruncated columns when its stdout is not a TTY. As a result, it is impossible to obtain untruncated service names when calling clustat(8) from a script or any situation where its output is being parsed programmatically. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Latest available in RHEL5. The cluster3 master branch at: http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/wiki/ also exhibits this behavior. How reproducible: Always. >From rgmanager/src/utils/clustat.c: 34 int dimx = 80, dimy = 24, stdout_is_tty = 0; [...] 1103 if (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) { 1104 stdout_is_tty = 1; 1105 setupterm((char *) 0, STDOUT_FILENO, (int *) 0); 1106 dimx = tigetnum("cols"); 1107 dimy = tigetnum("lines"); 1108 } dimx is initialized to 80 columns. No code other than the above modifies dimx. Therefore, when the environment variable COLUMNS is set, its value is never honored when stdout is not going to a TTY. This causes the Service Name column to be truncated as though the output was being emitted on an 80-column terminal: Service Name Owner (Last) State ------- ---- ----- ------ ----- service:cl01-svc01.roch.ny.exa (cl01-host01) disabled service:cl01-svc02.roch.ny.exa (cl01-host02) disabled service:cl01-svc03.roch.ny.exa cl01-host03 started service:cl01-svc04.roch.ny.exa cl01-host04 started Ideally, columnar data would *never* be truncated when output is not going to a TTY, so programmatic callers do not have to worry about setting COLUMNS. ** Affects: redhat-cluster-suite (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- clustat(8) truncates columnar output when stdout is not a TTY https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261274 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
