From 3b7fe59d901f955ecade2fc35a039ffbd2219908 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Chubb <Peter.Chubb@unsw.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 17:42:51 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Redirect stdin from /dev/null when checking version

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>
---
 mq.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mq.sh b/mq.sh
index 9d0e26c..22d6d74 100755
--- a/mq.sh
+++ b/mq.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if ! RemoteCommand exit; then
 fi
 
 # Check the version of our scripts compared to the canonical host
-if ! RemoteCommand cat "${BASE}/VERSION" |
+if ! RemoteCommand cat "${BASE}/VERSION" </dev/null |
 	diff "${SCRIPT_PATH}/VERSION" -
 then
     echo "Local version of mq.sh appears to differ from version on ${HOST} at ${BASE}"