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Denys Vlasenko
Denys Vlasenko
2010-05-15
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cttyhack: document the need to setsid

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Architecture: x86_64-linux-gnu Compiler: gcc (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04.3) 11.4.0

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include/usage.h+10 -2
@@ -649,8 +649,16 @@
"\n -S SALT" \
) \
-#define cttyhack_trivial_usage NOUSAGE_STR
-#define cttyhack_full_usage ""
+#define cttyhack_trivial_usage \
+ "PROG ARGS"
+#define cttyhack_full_usage "\n\n" \
+ "Give PROG a controlling tty if possible." \
+ "\nExample for /etc/inittab (for busybox init):" \
+ "\n ::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /bin/sh" \
+ "\nGiving controlling tty to shell running with PID 1:" \
+ "\n $ exec cttyhack sh" \
+ "\nStarting an interative shell from boot shell script:" \
+ "\n setsid cttyhack sh" \
#define cut_trivial_usage \
"[OPTIONS] [FILE]..."
shell/Config.in+13 -2
@@ -354,9 +354,20 @@ config CTTYHACK
It analyzes stdin with various ioctls, trying to determine whether
it is a /dev/ttyN or /dev/ttySN (virtual terminal or serial line).
If it detects one, it closes stdin/out/err and reopens that device.
- Then it executes given program. Usage example for /etc/inittab
- (for busybox init):
+ Then it executes given program. Opening the device will make
+ that device a controlling tty. This may require cttyhack
+ to be a session leader.
+
+ Example for /etc/inittab (for busybox init):
::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /bin/sh
+ Giving controlling tty to shell running with PID 1:
+
+ $ exec cttyhack sh
+
+ Starting an interative shell from boot shell script:
+
+ setsid cttyhack sh
+
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