Re: ``read -N n -t timeout'' saves partial input only when EOF is seen?

[Dmitry Goncharov]

Auto variables have unspecified values after a call to longjmp.
This patch fixes the bug.

regards, Dmitry

diff --git a/builtins/read.def b/builtins/read.def

index 5e2348c..938b62a 100644

--- a/builtins/read.def

+++ b/builtins/read.def

@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ read_builtin (list)

      WORD_LIST *list;

 {

   register char *varname;

-  int size, i, nr, pass_next, saw_escape, eof, opt, retval, code, print_ps2;

+  int size, nr, pass_next, saw_escape, eof, opt, retval, code, print_ps2;

+  volatile int i;

   int input_is_tty, input_is_pipe, unbuffered_read, skip_ctlesc, skip_ctlnul;

   int raw, edit, nchars, silent, have_timeout, ignore_delim, fd, lastsig, t_errno;

   unsigned int tmsec, tmusec;

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 10:32 PM, Clark Wang <dearvoid@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 7:05 AM, L A Walsh <bash@tlinx.org> wrote:

isabella parakiss wrote:

that's not true https://gist.github.com/fa4efd90376ff2714901e4429fdee734
read successfully reads the data, but then it's discarded by bash
 

----
   It's discarded by bash because the read doesn't read 10
characters within the time limit.  If you use -N 5, you get
your output.   "-t" says it will timeout and return failure if a
specified number of characters is not read within timeout period.

The manual for -t says:

If read times out, read saves any partial input read into the specified variable name.

-clark

​

If timeout is exceeded, then return status is > 128:

bash -c '( printf 12345; sleep 2 ) | ( read -t 1 -N 10 v; echo "s=$?, <$v>" )'
s=142, <>

(status is > 128)