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From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To: Ken Lareau <elessar@deepika.squonk.net>, zsh-users@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: Simple way to get parent process name?
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 15:13:23 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19980915151323.A5205@emsphone.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199809151847.OAA03970@mailhost2.squonk.net>; from "Ken Lareau" on Tue Sep 15 14:47:40 GMT 1998

In the last episode (Sep 15), Ken Lareau said:
> At my current job I compile a lot of various packages, and tend to
> log my configuration, compilation and installation procedures for
> future reference, using the 'script' command.  To keep myself from
> getting confused as to whether I was in a 'script' process or not, I
> would have the shell prompt change to something else while running
> 'script'.

How about

script () { 
  export INSCRIPT 
  (( INSCRIPT ++ )) 
  command script "$@"
  (( INSCRIPT -- ))
}

then when you set your prompt, test to see if $INSCRIPT is > 0.

There's no portable way to find the parent's process name, as far as I
know.

	-Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


  reply	other threads:[~1998-09-15 20:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-09-15 18:47 Ken Lareau
1998-09-15 20:13 ` Dan Nelson [this message]
1998-09-16 13:09   ` Ken Lareau
1998-09-16 16:08     ` /usr/bin/script annoyance Dan Nelson
1998-09-16 16:31       ` Ken Lareau
1998-09-16 16:41         ` Dan Nelson
1998-09-16 16:53           ` Ken Lareau
1998-09-16 17:13             ` Ken Lareau
1998-09-16 17:40             ` Bart Schaefer

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