Re: [screen-devel] Ignoring logfile from .screenrc

[Alex Naumov]

Hi Josef,

yes, that's the bug. And it's fixed already.
We're going to release 4.5.1 in (about) one week.

Regards,
Alex

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Josef Ridky <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have question about $SUBJ. I am not sure, if is it bug, or just PEBCAK.
>
> version of screen: 4.5.0
>
> If I try to do this:
>
> 1.echo 'logfile ~/screenlog.%n' > ~/.screenrc
> 2.screen -L
> 3.look for log file in home directory
>
> Actual results:
> log file is missing
>
> When I use
>
> screen -L screenlog.%n (but before I have to remove logfile line from 
> .screenrc file)
>
> it will create 2 files:
>   screenlog.%n which is empty (created by checking procedure) and file 
> screenlog.0 with log.
>
> So question is, is value for logfile from .screenrc file ignored right now?
>
> Regards
>
> Josef Ridky
> Associate Software Engineer
> Core Services Team
> Red Hat Czech, s.r.o.
>
>