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Date:      Thu, 13 Feb 1997 09:28:52 -0500 (EST)
From:      mi@aldan.ziplink.net
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/2725: fetch(1)'s output when redirected
Message-ID:  <199702131428.JAA29357@rtfm.ziplink.net>
Resent-Message-ID: <199702131430.GAA13548@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         2725
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       progress indicator even when stdout/err is not a terminal
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 13 06:30:00 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mikhail Teterin
>Organization:
Virtual Estates, Inc.
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-970209-SNAP i386
>Environment:


>Description:

	When fetch(1)'s output is not a terminal it should not print out
	the progress indicator. The current behaviour is especially annoying
	when fetch is used in at and/or cron jobs. 

>How-To-Repeat:

	fetch ftp://somehwere/something >& q
	view q

>Fix:
	
	If used in the cron/at job, fetch's err and out can be set
	to /dev/bowl, but then you'll lose the usefull lines:
	"8218712 bytes received in ..." and/or the error reports:
	"Not logged in", for example.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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