Your choose-buffer commands will run in the same session as your key
binding but that session's command queue is blocked waiting for the
first run-shell to exit. Bind the key to run-shell -b instead.
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 06:48:25AM -0800, captsp...@thekyel.com wrote:
> CaptSpify@woody ~ $ tmux -V
> tmux 1.9
>
> -- Kyel
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 09:55:43AM +0000, Nicholas Marriott wrote:
> > tmux version?
> >
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: captsp...@thekyel.com
> > Date:22/12/2014 18:09 (GMT+00:00)
> > To: tmux-us...@lists.sf.net
> > Subject: run-shell error on while-loop
> >
> > I've got a weird issue where running a script with "run-shell" acts
> > differently
> > than running it from my actual shell.
> >
> > I've bound my script like so:
> > > bind-key -n "M-B" run-shell "/bin/bash /usr/bin/test.sh"
> >
> > Here's is the script I'm trying to run:
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > > lockfile="/tmp/.tmux.lock"
> > > touch "${lockfile}"
> > > tmux choose-buffer "paste-buffer -b '%%' ; run-shell \"rm ${lockfile}\""
> > > while [ -f "${lockfile}" ]
> > > do
> > > sleep 1
> > > done
> > > touch "/tmp/.paste.done"
> >
> > If I run the script from my shell, it works fine. The lock-file gets
> > created,
> > and then removed. The "/tmp/.paste.done" file is also created.
> >
> > If, however, I run the script using my key-binding above, I get an error on
> > line 4.
> > The paste-buffer will paste, but the lock-file is never removed.
> >
> > One weird thing I've figured out, is that if I remove the while-loop on
> > lines
> > 5-8, the script works no matter how I call it.
> >
> > Any other thoughts/ideas on how to troubleshoot or debug this?
> >
> > -- Kyel
> >
> >
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