topicedit: add a timeout; better error handling

[ircbot.git] / on-vc.sh

diff --git a/on-vc.sh b/on-vc.sh
index 54cc8126bc7e6af4abf15c0f46e9c407ddf4cdd1..e560ed45df42554b98ce1a1730757ea8ad0ff408 100755 (executable)
--- a/on-vc.sh
+++ b/on-vc.sh
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # usage:
-#    .../on-vc.sh VC USERNAME SCRIPT
+#    .../on-vc.sh VC SCRIPT
 # must be invoked by full path to relevant directory
 # where
-#    ttyVC is the relevant tty
-#    it should be owned by USERNAME
+#    ttyVC is the relevant tty which should have good permissions
 #    ./SCRIPT is the startup script (`repeatedly.sh', `startup.sh', etc.)
 #      (in the directory whose fullpathname we're invoked with)
 
 set -e
 
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+
 fail () { echo 2>&1 "$0: $1"; exit 1; }
 
-test $# = 3 || fail "usage: $0 VC USERNAME SCRIPT"
+test $# -ge 2 || fail "usage: $0 VC SCRIPT [ARGS]"
 vc="$1"
-username="$2"
-script="$3"
+script="$2"
+shift; shift
 
 cd "$(dirname $0)"
 test -L .tclshrc || fail "no .tclshrc symlink"
-text -x "./$script" || fail "script not executable"
+test -x "./$script" || fail "script not executable"
 
-openvt -c "$vc" -w -- \
-       really -u "$username" screen ./"$script"
+openvt -f -c "$vc" -w -- screen ./"$script" "$@"