Carl Mummert wrote: > I am looking for a way to run an arbitrary command inside a script(1) > session without having to type the name of the command after I type > 'script'. I know about shell redirection so please don't suggest I > switch to that. > > In the man page, they suggest I try the SHELL environment variable. > I created a script, chmod'd it, and placed its full path and name in > the SCRIPT variable... It didn't work. > > However, when I run 'strace -f script' it DOES work. > > SO... How do I get it to work without using strace?
There's a patched version of script that can take the command to run as an argument in the dpkg-mountable debian package. The behavior you're seeing with strace sounds weird. I can't reproduce it. If I export a SHELL script runs it. -- see shy jo
