AW: Using less in environment without controlling tty

[dietmar.schindler at manroland-web.com]

> Von: Denys Vlasenko
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 7. August 2013 18:25
> An: Harald Becker
> Cc: busybox at busybox.net; Rich Felker
> Betreff: Re: Using less in environment without controlling tty
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 1:34 AM, Harald Becker <ralda at gmx.de> wrote:
> > Have you ever tried to startup Linux with init=/bin/sh (last
> > resort rescue), and then tried dmesg|less ... won't work :(
>
> A lot of things won't work. E.g. "ping IP" and oops,
> you forgot that ^C won't work because you have no ctty,
> thus you can't do anything but look at endless ping output. :(
> I was there more than once.
>
> Solution #1: acquire a ctty.

Please allow me to remark: The recurring suggestion to acquire a controlling TTY indicates that you have overlooked that in Harald Becker's main szenarios one already has a controlling TTY - it is just the TTY where less ist started from and not the one where the text is displayed.
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Best Regards,
Dietmar
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