Another use I personally find very convenient is this:
[weerd@pom] $ script -c "vmctl start test -c"
Hope others see value here too :)
Paul
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 08:45:19AM +0100, Paul de Weerd wrote:
| Hi Jason,
|
| Thank you for your quick feedback! I've incorporated yours and
| off-list feedback from ian@ into a new diff included below. The diff
| now also includes the removal of /* ARGSUSED */ lint comments.
|
| On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 09:34:03PM +0000, Jason McIntyre wrote:
| | > +To run a
| |
| | i'd remove "a", but it's preference only - your choice.
| |
| | > +.Ar command
| | > +with its own arguments, enclose it in quotes.
| |
| | and s/its own//
|
| Rewrote this sentence a bit, it now reads:
|
| -c command
| Run command instead of an interactive shell. To run a command
| with arguments, enclose both in quotes.
|
| Still not 100% happy with it, but the best I could come up with.
| Better suggestions wanted :)
|
| Paul
|
| Index: script.1
| ===================================================================
| RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/script/script.1,v
| retrieving revision 1.14
| diff -u -p -r1.14 script.1
| --- script.1 15 Jan 2012 20:06:40 -0000 1.14
| +++ script.1 14 Dec 2017 07:36:11 -0000
| @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
| .Sh SYNOPSIS
| .Nm script
| .Op Fl a
| +.Op Fl c Ar command
| .Op Ar file
| .Sh DESCRIPTION
| .Nm
| @@ -65,9 +66,14 @@ Append the output to
| or
| .Pa typescript ,
| retaining the prior contents.
| +.It Fl c Ar command
| +Run
| +.Ar command
| +instead of an interactive shell.
| +To run a command with arguments, enclose both in quotes.
| .El
| .Pp
| -The script ends when the forked shell exits (a control-D
| +The script ends when the forked program exits (a control-D
| .Pq Ql ^D
| to exit
| the Bourne shell
| Index: script.c
| ===================================================================
| RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/script/script.c,v
| retrieving revision 1.33
| diff -u -p -r1.33 script.c
| --- script.c 12 Apr 2017 14:49:05 -0000 1.33
| +++ script.c 14 Dec 2017 07:34:10 -0000
| @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int istty;
|
| __dead void done(int);
| void dooutput(void);
| -void doshell(void);
| +void doshell(char *);
| void fail(void);
| void finish(int);
| void scriptflush(int);
| @@ -102,17 +102,23 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
| struct sigaction sa;
| struct winsize win;
| char ibuf[BUFSIZ];
| + char *cmd;
| ssize_t cc, off;
| int aflg, ch;
|
| + cmd = NULL;
| aflg = 0;
| - while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "a")) != -1)
| + while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "ac:")) != -1)
| switch(ch) {
| case 'a':
| aflg = 1;
| break;
| + case 'c':
| + cmd = optarg;
| + break;
| default:
| - fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [-a] [file]\n", __progname);
| + fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [-a] [-c command] [file]\n",
| + __progname);
| exit(1);
| }
| argc -= optind;
| @@ -163,7 +169,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
| if (child)
| dooutput();
| else
| - doshell();
| + doshell(cmd);
| }
|
| bzero(&sa, sizeof sa);
| @@ -196,7 +202,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
| done(sigdeadstatus);
| }
|
| -/* ARGSUSED */
| void
| finish(int signo)
| {
| @@ -215,7 +220,6 @@ finish(int signo)
| errno = save_errno;
| }
|
| -/* ARGSUSED */
| void
| handlesigwinch(int signo)
| {
| @@ -294,7 +298,6 @@ dooutput(void)
| done(0);
| }
|
| -/* ARGSUSED */
| void
| scriptflush(int signo)
| {
| @@ -302,9 +305,10 @@ scriptflush(int signo)
| }
|
| void
| -doshell(void)
| +doshell(char *cmd)
| {
| char *shell;
| + char *argp[] = {"sh", "-c", NULL, NULL};
|
| shell = getenv("SHELL");
| if (shell == NULL)
| @@ -313,8 +317,15 @@ doshell(void)
| (void)close(master);
| (void)fclose(fscript);
| login_tty(slave);
| - execl(shell, shell, "-i", (char *)NULL);
| - warn("%s", shell);
| +
| + if (cmd != NULL) {
| + argp[2] = cmd;
| + execv(_PATH_BSHELL, argp);
| + warn("unable to execute %s", _PATH_BSHELL);
| + } else {
| + execl(shell, shell, "-i", (char *)NULL);
| + warn("%s", shell);
| + }
| fail();
| }
|
|
| --
| >++++++++[<++++++++++>-]<+++++++.>+++[<------>-]<.>+++[<+
| +++++++++++>-]<.>++[<------------>-]<+.--------------.[-]
| http://www.weirdnet.nl/
|
--
>++++++++[<++++++++++>-]<+++++++.>+++[<------>-]<.>+++[<+
+++++++++++>-]<.>++[<------------>-]<+.--------------.[-]
http://www.weirdnet.nl/
