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Redirect stdin from /dev/null when checking version - #35
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Otherwise stuff typed o `mq.sh`'s stdin is echoed by the remote shell, and can wreck the version check. Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <Peter.Chubb@unsw.edu.au>
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Fixes my issue!
For context, this kept happening to me:
[julia@eta-carinae tmp]$ mq.sh sem dumpall
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd1c1 --- me typing lots of 'd' characters
< 5
---
> ddd5
Local version of mq.sh appears to differ from version on tftp.keg.cse.unsw.edu.au at /var/cache/machinelocks
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Otherwise stuff typed to
mq.sh's stdin is echoed by the remote shell, and can wreck the version check.