Re: question .. did u implent when checkwinsize no need to exteral bin to update

[alex xmb ratchev]

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 11:10 PM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

> On 4/23/23 4:01 PM, Kerin Millar wrote:
> > On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:01:25 -0400
> > Grisha Levit <grishalevit@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 11:56 alex xmb ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> hmm , thank you
> >>> i go the /bin/true way then
> >>>
> >>
> >> You can also use (:) to save an exec.
> >
> > This is not case because : is a builtin. For COLUMNS and LINES to be
> set, either the command must be external or the shell must be interactive
> and must have received SIGWINCH.
>
> The entire reason for checkwinsize is for use with interactive shells with
> job control enabled, since the shell will not get SIGWINCH when a
> foreground job has the terminal.
>

i dont get it
but , i d need it for scripts
whenever they be -i or not
i had some probs with -i , but nm


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