Re: the counterpart of lib$spawn on Linux/UNIX?

koehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bob Koehler) writes in article <LJiGI5oShbAk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> dated 5 Dec 2005 07:43:55 -0600:
>In article <dmqcih$2bq$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, JONESD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Jones) writes:
>>
>> In the case of "set term/wrap", that command changes the permanent characteristics of
>> the terminal, which is very presumptuous of an application. Using QIOW calls
>> with IO$_SETMODE make a temporary change that will reset on image exit.
>>
>
> Not quite so permanent. It will survive program completion, which
> is poor style. it will not survive logout since it doesn't use
> the privileged qualifier /permanent.
>
> On Linux, as on most UNIX, the terminal settings default to the
> equivalent of /nowrap, so the call probably isn't needed.

A quick test using a "cat" command on an xterm from "Red Hat Enterprise
Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 5)" shows behavior similar to /wrap.

But my guess is it's only a spew-limiting measure and that the user probably
doesn't pay attention to the spew anyway.

--Keith Lewis klewis {at} mitre.org
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