Demo/scripts/script.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
# script.py -- Make typescript of terminal session.
# Usage:
#	-a	Append to typescript.
#	-p	Use Python as shell.
# Author: Steen Lumholt.


import os, time, sys
import pty

def read(fd):
	data = os.read(fd, 1024)
	file.write(data)
	return data

shell = 'sh'
filename = 'typescript'
mode = 'w'
if os.environ.has_key('SHELL'):
	shell = os.environ['SHELL']
if '-a' in sys.argv:
	mode = 'a'
if '-p' in sys.argv:
	shell = 'python'

file = open(filename, mode)

sys.stdout.write('Script started, file is %s\n' % filename)
file.write('Script started on %s\n' % time.ctime(time.time()))
pty.spawn(shell, read)
file.write('Script done on %s\n' % time.ctime(time.time()))
sys.stdout.write('Script done, file is %s\n' % filename)