Add COLORED_STDERR_IGNORED_BINARIES to exclude binaries.

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Simon Ruderich
2013-07-07 13:33:44 +02:00
parent 9ff0ffbd28
commit b950cdb792
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@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ The following additional environment variables are available:
If set to an non-empty value add pre/post strings even when not writing to a
terminal, e.g. when writing to a file. By default, only writes to a terminal
are colored.
- 'COLORED_STDERR_IGNORED_BINARIES'
Comma separated list of binary names/paths which should not be tracked
(including their children). Useful for `reset` which writes to the terminal
but fails to work if the output is colored. See below for an example.
All environment variables starting with 'COLORED_STDERR_PRIVATE_*' are
internal variables used by the implementation and should not be set manually.
@@ -113,6 +117,12 @@ Bourne shell:
COLORED_STDERR_POST="${esc}[0m" # default
export COLORED_STDERR_PRE COLORED_STDERR_POST
Fix `reset`; its writes to the terminal must be unaltered. `reset` is
symbolic-link to `tset` on some systems, adapt as necessary:
COLORED_STDERR_IGNORED_BINARIES=/usr/bin/tset
export COLORED_STDERR_IGNORED_BINARIES
DEBUG
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@@ -143,6 +153,8 @@ KNOWN ISSUES
(which might be redirected to stderr). Can't be fixed as the compiler
inlines the code into the program without calling any function.
- Test `test_stdio.sh` fails for this reason on FreeBSD.
- 'COLORED_STDERR_IGNORED_BINARIES' requries the `/proc` file system.
Suggestions welcome.
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