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-rwxr-xr-xtools/netconsole23
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/netconsole b/tools/netconsole
index 09c8981682..c8109bb095 100755
--- a/tools/netconsole
+++ b/tools/netconsole
@@ -31,12 +31,29 @@ if [ -z "${ip}" ] || [ -n "$3" ] ; then
fi
for nc in netcat nc ; do
- type ${nc} >/dev/null && break
+ type ${nc} >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
done
trap "stty icanon echo intr ^C" 0 2 3 5 10 13 15
echo "NOTE: the interrupt signal (normally ^C) has been remapped to ^T"
stty -icanon -echo intr ^T
-${nc} -u -l -p ${port} < /dev/null &
-exec ${nc} -u ${ip} ${port}
+(
+if type ncb 2>/dev/null ; then
+ # see if ncb is in $PATH
+ exec ncb ${port}
+
+elif [ -x ${0%/*}/ncb ] ; then
+ # maybe it's in the same dir as the netconsole script
+ exec ${0%/*}/ncb ${port}
+
+else
+ # blah, just use regular netcat
+ while ${nc} -u -l -p ${port} < /dev/null ; do
+ :
+ done
+fi
+) &
+pid=$!
+${nc} -u ${ip} ${port}
+kill ${pid} 2>/dev/null
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