[Crash-utility] Re: /dev/tty no such device or address

[Dave Anderson]

James Washer wrote:
> As a followup..
> 
> If I'm running crash, and now I want to 'source' a file of commands..
> (i.e. like the shells "." command).. is there anyway to do this?
> 
>  - jim

Sure -- the directions are part of "help input", and it's just a
matter of input redirection:

  crash> < yourfile
  ...

Dave


> 
> 
> On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 14:17 -0400, Dave Anderson wrote:
>> SUJIT V wrote:
>>>
>>> I am trying to invoke the crash utility through one of the linux startup 
>>> scripts.
>>> crash -i command.txt vmlinux vmcore
>>>
>>> But this gives an error
>>> /dev/tty no such device or address.
>>>
>>> The tty is /dev/console
>>>
>>>
>>> Once the linux box boots up and i login and use the same crash command 
>>> as above it works correctly
>>> The tty of the login shell is /dev/ttyS0
>>>
>>> Any pointers on solving the error "/dev/tty no such device or address"
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>> I see what you're seeing running from /etc/rc.local,
>> where there's no /dev/tty file available to commands
>> run from startup scripts.
>>
>> Try this -- which works for me:
>>
>>    crash vmlinux vmcore < command.txt
>>
>> Dave
>>
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