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Status Planned for future release
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 27, 2018

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Add error handling to dsmc to avoid looping asking questions to non-existent terminal

dsmc does not handle End Of File (EOF) on stdin gracefully when the situation arises that it needs to prompt and ask a question. Instead of realizing that there is no terminal attached and abort gracefully it gets stuck in a loop forever saying:

The character '#' stands for any decimal integer.The only valid responses are characters from this set: [1, 2, 3, 4, A]

The correct (expected) behaviour is to realize that it has reached EOF on STDIN and treat it as the user has selected A for abort. There is no point in repeating the question as there will NEVER be any user present to answer it!

To easily reproduce:

dsmc restore /my/file < /dev/null

retrieve or restore a file twice with STDIN attached to /dev/null as shown in the example above. On the second attempt dsmc will try to prompt regarding overwriting the file and get stuck in a loop as described.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Jun 29, 2018

    This request is a candidate for a future generally available (GA) release. IBM's statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM's sole discretion. IBM will update this request to reflect any changes.

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