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Re: checkwinsize only works in interactive shells
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: checkwinsize only works in interactive shells |
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Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:03:11 -0500 |
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On 1/11/13 4:58 PM, DJ Mills wrote:
> As of right now, WINCH will not update COLUMNS or LINES in a
> non-interactive shell.
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> I've had to use:
> trap 'COLUMNS=$(tput cols); LINES=$(tput lines)' WINCH
> to get that behavior.
And that hasn't changed. Maybe I should look at changing it.
Chet
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