On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Carlo Florendo wrote:
Hello,
Is it possible for me to automatically set the TERM variable in bash
depending on the type of my terminal.
For example, these are the things I want to accomplish:
1. If I ssh into the cygwin box from an xterm on a Linux box, I would
like TERM=xterm-color.
2. If I simply spawn a DOS-like shell, I'd like TERM=ansi
3. If I spawn an rxvt console, I'd like TERM=xterm.
I know this can be done manually but would it be possible for us to
create a script to do this?
If so, what cygwin program can we use to probe the terminal type of the
connecting client?
The terminal emulator is ultimately responsible for setting TERM
appropriately, and usually does. The only problem is with TERM=xterm vs.
TERM=xterm-color -- most xterms (including rxvt) will use the former as
the default TERM value. You can override the TERM value that xterm or
rxvt sets via command-line options or X resources, though.
If you spawn a "DOS-like shell" (by which I assume you mean a bash running
in a Windows console window),