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1 | .TH SCRIPT 1 8/1/79 |
| 2 | .UC | |
| 3 | .SH NAME | |
| 4 | script \- make typescript of terminal session | |
| 5 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 6 | .B script | |
| 7 | [ | |
| 8 | .B \-n | |
| 9 | ] [ | |
| 10 | .B \-s | |
| 11 | ] [ | |
| 12 | .B \-a | |
| 13 | ] [ | |
| 14 | .B \-q | |
| 15 | ] [ | |
| 16 | .B \-S | |
| 17 | shell | |
| 18 | ] [ file ] | |
| 19 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 20 | .I Script | |
| 21 | makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. | |
| 22 | The typescript is saved in a file, and can be sent to the | |
| 23 | line printer later with | |
| 24 | .I lpr. | |
| 25 | If a file name is given, the typescript | |
| 26 | is saved there. If not, the typescript is saved in the file | |
| 27 | .I typescript. | |
| 28 | .PP | |
| 29 | To exit script, type control D. This sends an end of file to | |
| 30 | all processes you have started up, and causes script to exit. | |
| 31 | For this reason, control D behaves as though you had typed an | |
| 32 | infinite number of control D's. | |
| 33 | .PP | |
| 34 | This program is useful when using a crt and a hard-copy | |
| 35 | record of the dialog is desired, as for a student handing | |
| 36 | in a program that was developed on a crt when hard-copy | |
| 37 | terminals are in short supply. | |
| 38 | .PP | |
| 39 | The options control what shell is used. | |
| 40 | .B \-n | |
| 41 | asks for the new shell, | |
| 42 | .B \-s | |
| 43 | asks for the standard shell. | |
| 44 | .B \-S | |
| 45 | lets you specify any shell you want. | |
| 46 | The default depends on the system: /bin/csh is used where possible, | |
| 47 | otherwise /bin/sh. | |
| 48 | If the requested shell is not available, | |
| 49 | .I script | |
| 50 | uses any shell it can find. | |
| 51 | .PP | |
| 52 | The | |
| 53 | .B \-q | |
| 54 | flag asks for ``quiet mode'', where the ``script started'' | |
| 55 | and ``script done'' messages are turned off. | |
| 56 | The | |
| 57 | .B \-a | |
| 58 | flag causes script to append to the typescript file | |
| 59 | instead of creating a new file. | |
| 60 | .SH AUTHOR | |
| 61 | Mark Horton | |
| 62 | .SH BUGS | |
| 63 | Since UNIX has no way to write an end-of-file down a pipe without closing | |
| 64 | the pipe, there is no way to simulate a single control D without | |
| 65 | ending script. | |
| 66 | .PP | |
| 67 | The new shell has its standard input coming | |
| 68 | from a pipe rather than a tty, so stty will not work, and neither | |
| 69 | will ttyname. | |
| 70 | .PP | |
| 71 | When the user interrupts a printing process, | |
| 72 | .I script | |
| 73 | attempts to flush the output backed up in the pipe for better response. | |
| 74 | Usually the next prompt also gets flushed. | |
| 75 | .PP | |
| 76 | The new | |
| 77 | .IR mpx (2) | |
| 78 | feature could be used to make script work right. |