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Article #1017"bash" checks for mail even when interactive
From: Guy Harris
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1989 23:52
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1989 23:52
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Which isn't too cool, since that causes messages to get printed even if
the shell was fired up by "rsh", and that causes things like "rcp" to
fall flat on their face....
*** parse.y.orig Mon Jun 12 16:45:34 1989
--- parse.y Mon Jun 12 16:46:27 1989
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*** 890,895 ****
--- 890,896 ----
the last two tokens read, and calls read_token. */
yylex ()
{
+ extern int interactive;
extern int prompt_printable;
extern char *decode_prompt_string ();
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*** 901,907 ****
We do this only if it is time to do so. Notice that only here
is the mail alarm reset; nothing takes place in check_mail ()
except the checking of mail. Please don't change this. */
! if (time_to_check_mail ())
{
check_mail ();
reset_mail_timer ();
--- 902,908 ----
We do this only if it is time to do so. Notice that only here
is the mail alarm reset; nothing takes place in check_mail ()
except the checking of mail. Please don't change this. */
! if (interactive && time_to_check_mail ())
{
check_mail ();
reset_mail_timer ();
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bootme.auspex.com!guy From: guy@bootme.auspex.com (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: "bash" checks for mail even when interactive Message-ID: <8906122352.AA27451@bootme.auspex.com> Date: 12 Jun 89 23:52:19 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 33