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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2016-01-04 12:13:40 +0000
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2016-01-04 23:45:19 +0000
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stty: support -I, --immediate to not wait for pending transmission
In some cases an initial drain may block indefinitely as discussed at: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2016-01/msg00007.html * src/stty.c (main): Use TCSANOW rather than TCSADRAIN if -I specified. (usage): Document the new option. * doc/coreutils.texi (stty invocation): Likewise. * tests/misc/stty.sh: Ensure -I is supported. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
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@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
is reusable by most shells, with non-printable characters escaped
with the POSIX proposed $'...' syntax.
+ stty now supports the -I, --immediate option, to apply settings
+ without waiting for transmission of any pending output.
+
** Changes in behavior
base64 no longer supports hex or oct --wrap parameters,