Re: interactive shell detection in shrc

[George Georgalis <george%galis.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 1:26 PM George Georgalis <george%galis.org@localhost> wrote:

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> On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 1:09 PM <tlaronde%kergis.com@localhost> wrote:
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>> So how can the test be reliable in all circumstances?
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> test -t 0
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> is reliable.
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> I use
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> tty -s || return 0
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> to remind me what I'm testing for (same difference),
> and branch out of .profile for not interactive sessions.
>

Is there a case where this is not the solution?
When I decided this is what interactive means
all of the edge cases went away. Is there a
case I am not considering?


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