Bug#628638: bash: window size not tracked in child shell

2011-05-31 Thread Leslie Rhorer
> -Original Message- > From: Jonathan Nieder [mailto:jrnie...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 6:57 PM > To: Leslie A Rhorer > Cc: 628...@bugs.debian.org > Subject: Re: bash: window size not tracked in child shell > > retitle 628638 bash.1: "shopt -s checkwinsize" has no effect in n

Bug#628638: bash: window size not tracked in child shell

2011-05-30 Thread Jonathan Nieder
retitle 628638 bash.1: "shopt -s checkwinsize" has no effect in non-interactive shells severity 628638 minor tags 628638 + upstream quit Hi Leslie, Leslie A Rhorer wrote: > The $COLUMNS variable seems to work properly in a terminal window > (with shopt -s checkwinsize), but in a child script, t