Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 16:04:56 +0100 (CET) From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/2307: watch(8) is broken in CURRENT WRT output & signals Message-ID: <199612281504.QAA02929@keltia.freenix.fr> Resent-Message-ID: <199612281520.HAA14772@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2307
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Signals are ignored (esp. ^Q) and output is mangled
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 28 07:20:01 PST 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ollivier Robert
>Organization:
Usenet Canal Historique
>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #33: Sat Dec 21 12:57:17 CET 1996 roberto@keltia.freenix.fr:/src/src/sys/compile/DKELTIA i386
CURRENT from cvs-cur #2837 made 1996/12/21 09:16:07
>Description:
When using watch(8) on a tty, be it "d0" or a pseudo-tty like "p7",
the output is mangled as if only CR were sent and not LF. This gives
a screen like the following:
206 [15:56] roberto@keltia:~/Mail/freebsd> ll
total 7266
-rw------- 1 roberto staff 149021 Dec 26 06:31 announce
-rw------- 1 roberto staff 588223 Dec 28 15:51 bugs
-rw------- 1 roberto staff 531483 Dec 28 04:03 chat
-rw------- 1 roberto staff 1090184 Dec 28 15:51 current
-rw------- 1 roberto staff 178920 Dec 28 15:51 cvs
-rw------- 1 roberto staff 457344 Dec 28 04:02 doc
-rw------- 1 roberto staff 2262897 Dec 28 15:51 hackers
-rw------- 1 roberto staff 242647 Dec 28 15:51 hardware
-rw------- 1 roberto staff 45468 Dec 23 20:33 hubs
-rw------- 1 roberto staff 65336 Dec 22 18:32 mobile
drwxr-xr-x 2 roberto staff 512 Oct 19 18:51 old/
-rw------- 1 roberto staff 77571 Dec 3 21:37 platform
Also, the only way to get out is to kill watch from another pty
because ^Q doesn't seem to do anything.
>How-To-Repeat:
Use watch on a terminal.
>Fix:
Unknown.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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