/proc access, etc. (Re: KDE/kdebase/apps/konsole/konsole)

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 01:42:13PM +0100, Robert Knight wrote:
> On 20/07/06, Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi at kde.org> wrote:
> >On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 04:23:57AM +0000, Robert Knight wrote:
> >> SVN commit 564401 by knight:
> >>
> >> Usability - Only prompt when closing a tab if there are active or
> >> stopped programs in that session
> >>
> >
> >this is a) linux-specific
> 
> It would be possible to always require confirmation if the /proc
> directory does not exist or does not contain information in the
> expected format.
> 
> Of course it would be better if there is a less OS-specific
> alternative available.
> 
i think somebody had the plan to centralize such functionality in
kdelibs?

> >b) unreliable, as the shell can be busy in-process.
> 
> In what situations might this happen?  The behaviour worked well as
> far as I tested it last night (eg. when there was a running command,
> script, stopped jobs etc.), but I have probably missed something.
> 
you could be .-ing a shell script that does in-process commands (a read
is a good example). ok, this is a bit far-fetched, but i'm sure one can
come up with something useful.
on the midnight commander list we are currently discussing shell
idleness detection ... pretty weird stuff ...

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