BIND 10 #3118: Feature Request (with patch): bindctl - check on "quit" if pending changes exist

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#3118: Feature Request (with patch): bindctl - check on "quit" if pending changes
exist
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            Reporter:  cas           |                        Owner:
                Type:  enhancement   |                       Status:  new
            Priority:  medium        |                    Milestone:  New
           Component:  bind-ctl      |  Tasks
            Keywords:                |                   Resolution:
           Sensitive:  0             |                 CVSS Scoring:
         Sub-Project:  Core          |              Defect Severity:  N/A
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Comment (by cas):

 Replying to [comment:3 vorner]:
 > Well, I don't really agree. Most of software I use can do such
 detection. I don't think it is OK to degrade usability for users just
 because some OS we might want to support in future doesn't support it.
 >
 > I'm not against adding such option, but I'd still like to detect the
 condition automatically and not require doing so ‒ because, how many
 people read the manual before they try to pipe some commands to the
 interface?

 I do not have a strong opinion on this.

 How about:
 * have a global state (variable) in bindctl that reflects the mode (batch
 or interactive on terminal)
 * have a command line switch where the state can be explicitly set by the
 user
 * if the state has not been set by the user, test and set the state on OS
 systems where it is possible to detect if the command runs on a terminal

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Ticket URL: <http://bind10.isc.org/ticket/3118#comment:4>
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