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1 #! /usr/bin/env python
2 # script.py -- Make typescript of terminal session.
3 # Usage:
4 # -a Append to typescript.
5 # -p Use Python as shell.
6 # Author: Steen Lumholt.
9 import os, time, sys
10 import pty
12 def read(fd):
13 data = os.read(fd, 1024)
14 file.write(data)
15 return data
17 shell = 'sh'
18 filename = 'typescript'
19 mode = 'w'
20 if os.environ.has_key('SHELL'):
21 shell = os.environ['SHELL']
22 if '-a' in sys.argv:
23 mode = 'a'
24 if '-p' in sys.argv:
25 shell = 'python'
27 file = open(filename, mode)
29 sys.stdout.write('Script started, file is %s\n' % filename)
30 file.write('Script started on %s\n' % time.ctime(time.time()))
31 pty.spawn(shell, read)
32 file.write('Script done on %s\n' % time.ctime(time.time()))
33 sys.stdout.write('Script done, file is %s\n' % filename)