Re: [dev] [sbase] [PATCH] ls fallback if ioctl does not work

From: Ralph Eastwood <tcmreastwood_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 18:02:28 +0000

On 15 February 2015 at 16:50, <k0ga_AT_shike2.com> wrote:
> You can trust the value of COLUMNS. I think this is the correct way
> programs must detect the size of the terminal.

Unfortunately, this is the first thing I tried - and I found that the
variable isn't actually exported.
So short of running export COLUMNS; ls -C; This wouldn't work -
cheers though, life would be more convenient if it were!

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Tai Chi Minh Ralph Eastwood
tcmreastwood_AT_gmail.com
Received on Sun Feb 15 2015 - 19:02:28 CET

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