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-rw-r--r--TODO2
-rw-r--r--man/systemctl.xml7
-rw-r--r--src/systemctl.c52
3 files changed, 59 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index e864634acc..69cff589aa 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@
* suspend, resume
-* systemctl auto-pager a la git
-
* readahead: btrfs/LVM SSD detection
* when processes remain in a service even though the start command failed enter active
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 6b05e95def..c21ed85565 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@
enqueued.</para></listitem> </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
+ pager.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>--system</option></term>
<listitem><para>Talk to the systemd
diff --git a/src/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl.c
index 4768fb20ad..585f1dc5fe 100644
--- a/src/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static bool arg_user = false;
static bool arg_global = false;
static bool arg_immediate = false;
static bool arg_no_block = false;
+static bool arg_no_pager = false;
static bool arg_no_wtmp = false;
static bool arg_no_sync = false;
static bool arg_no_wall = false;
@@ -4110,6 +4111,7 @@ static int systemctl_help(void) {
" pending\n"
" -q --quiet Suppress output\n"
" --no-block Do not wait until operation finished\n"
+ " --no-pager Do not pipe output into a pager.\n"
" --system Connect to system manager\n"
" --user Connect to user service manager\n"
" --order When generating graph for dot, show only order\n"
@@ -4249,6 +4251,7 @@ static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
ARG_SYSTEM,
ARG_GLOBAL,
ARG_NO_BLOCK,
+ ARG_NO_PAGER,
ARG_NO_WALL,
ARG_ORDER,
ARG_REQUIRE,
@@ -4272,6 +4275,7 @@ static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
{ "system", no_argument, NULL, ARG_SYSTEM },
{ "global", no_argument, NULL, ARG_GLOBAL },
{ "no-block", no_argument, NULL, ARG_NO_BLOCK },
+ { "no-pager", no_argument, NULL, ARG_NO_PAGER },
{ "no-wall", no_argument, NULL, ARG_NO_WALL },
{ "quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'q' },
{ "order", no_argument, NULL, ARG_ORDER },
@@ -4348,6 +4352,10 @@ static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
arg_no_block = true;
break;
+ case ARG_NO_PAGER:
+ arg_no_pager = true;
+ break;
+
case ARG_NO_WALL:
arg_no_wall = true;
break;
@@ -5274,6 +5282,48 @@ static int runlevel_main(void) {
return 0;
}
+static void pager_open(void) {
+ pid_t pid;
+ int fd[2];
+ const char *pager = getenv("PAGER");
+
+ if (!on_tty() || arg_no_pager)
+ return;
+ if (!pager)
+ pager = "less";
+ else if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
+ return;
+
+ if (pipe(fd) < 0)
+ return;
+ pid = fork();
+ if (pid < 0) {
+ close(fd[0]);
+ close(fd[1]);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* Return in the child */
+ if (!pid) {
+ dup2(fd[1], 1);
+ close(fd[0]);
+ close(fd[1]);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* The original process turns into the PAGER */
+ dup2(fd[0], 0);
+ close(fd[0]);
+ close(fd[1]);
+
+ setenv("LESS", "FRSX", 0);
+ execlp(pager, pager, NULL);
+ execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", pager, NULL);
+
+ log_error("unable to execute pager '%s'", pager);
+ _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
int main(int argc, char*argv[]) {
int r, retval = EXIT_FAILURE;
DBusConnection *bus = NULL;
@@ -5291,6 +5341,8 @@ int main(int argc, char*argv[]) {
goto finish;
}
+ pager_open();
+
/* /sbin/runlevel doesn't need to communicate via D-Bus, so
* let's shortcut this */
if (arg_action == ACTION_RUNLEVEL) {