Hi Kevin, I've uploaded a fix for this final problem, using a fix similar to what you suggested but using "exit" instead of "nextfile". The reason is that nextfile is gawk-only, while exit is supported by both gawk and mawk, and it does the same thing in this situation. Let's just hope that it works now!
Cheers, Bart Bart Samwel wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > Well, at least this *looks* a bit reassuring. And we always grabbed the > first one in the past, so this will probably be fine in practice. Thanks > for all of the extra info! > > Cheers, > Bart > > Kevin Mitchell wrote: >> It looks like openbox (or whatever is logging the terminals) knows not >> to cause this sort of trouble. I added a sudo aterm shortcut and when >> I fire it up, I get >> >> USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT >> kevmitch tty7 :0 09:03 0.00s 13.38s 0.04s >> /bin/bash /home/kevmitch/.xsession >> kevmitch pts/1 :0 09:03 5:55m 0.02s 0.02s mutt >> kevmitch pts/0 :0 09:03 5:55m 0.13s 0.13s bash >> kevmitch pts/2 :0 09:03 3:47m 0.41s 0.04s >> /usr/bin/aterm -geometry 106x32-640-412 - >> kevmitch pts/3 :0 09:05 1:32m 0.22s 0.22s bash >> root pts/5 :0.0 09:07 1:33m 0.20s 0.20s bash >> root pts/6 :0.0 09:09 0.00s 0.18s 0.00s w >> >> So it appends the extra ".0" when it might cause confusion. In any >> case, it might have been all right even if this wasn't the case, since >> the real login TTY seems to always be the first in the list. Thus, >> truncating to just the first result would have prevented any root ":0" >> from spoiling the pudding. That probably wouldn't be very reassuring >> though, because who knows if that ordering is set in stone. >> >> Kevin >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:20 AM, Bart Samwel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi Kevin, >>> >>> Kevin Mitchell wrote: >>>> $ w >>>> 01:00:47 up 1 day, 23:51, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.07 >>>> USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT >>>> kevmitch tty7 :0 Sun03 0.00s 8:36m 0.04s >>>> /bin/bash /home/kevmitch/.xsession >>>> kevmitch pts/1 :0 00:57 2.00s 0.22s 0.02s aterm >>>> kevmitch pts/2 :0 00:55 5:01m 0.17s 0.17s bash >>>> kevmitch pts/4 :0 13:27 3:07 0.77s 0.77s bash >>>> kevmitch pts/5 :0 23:49 14:05m 3.51s 0.00s >>>> /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/matlab -nosplash - >>>> kevmitch pts/6 :0 18:48 6:12 0.26s 0.26s bash >>>> kevmitch pts/7 :0 18:49 3:08 2.09s 0.00s >>>> /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/matlab -nosplash - >>>> kevmitch pts/8 :0 00:56 3:48m 0.19s 0.19s bash >>>> kevmitch pts/9 :0.0 01:00 0.00s 0.19s 0.00s w >>>> >>>> >>>> All the pts's are the xterminals I have open. The ones without ".0" >>>> are aterm's started via key bindings in Openbox. The lone :0.0 is one >>>> that I started by typing "aterm" on the command line of an already >>>> open xterminal. Don't ask me why that makes a difference :) >>> Thanks for the info. I hadn't seen this type before -- all cases I've seen >>> up till now showed one entry for :0 and all terminal entries for :0.0. What >>> I'm wondering is if you can get it to show a different user name while still >>> showing :0, for instance >>> >>> root pts/4 :0 13:27 3:07 0.77s 0.77s bash >>> >>> if you edit the Openbox config and edit the hotkey to start something like >>> "sudo <aterm command line>" or something similar. Because then I'm getting >>> *really* unhappy about how this looks... >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Bart >>> >> >> > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
