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authorMichael Lentine <mlentine@google.com>2014-05-20 11:48:49 +0200
committerJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>2014-05-21 11:48:33 +0200
commit21cfc5e10395eba795c0610cf3cf7f0a4f6f33ff (patch)
treeb30e4aa479daa730ded93a209bc54fbe627fe37d /tools/perf
parentf21d1815295ee79ce0767cb08d6f3ffa3a3b5cfe (diff)
downloadlinux-21cfc5e10395eba795c0610cf3cf7f0a4f6f33ff.tar.gz
perf tools: Add cat as fallback pager
This patch adds a fallback to cat for the pager. This is useful
on environments, such as Android, where less does not exist.
It is better to default to cat than to abort.

Signed-off-by: Michael Lentine <mlentine@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1400579330-5043-2-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/pager.c12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pager.c b/tools/perf/util/pager.c
index 3322b8446e89..31ee02d4e988 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pager.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pager.c
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ void setup_pager(void)
 	}
 	if (!pager)
 		pager = getenv("PAGER");
-	if (!pager) {
-		if (!access("/usr/bin/pager", X_OK))
-			pager = "/usr/bin/pager";
-	}
+	if (!(pager || access("/usr/bin/pager", X_OK)))
+		pager = "/usr/bin/pager";
+	if (!(pager || access("/usr/bin/less", X_OK)))
+		pager = "/usr/bin/less";
 	if (!pager)
-		pager = "less";
-	else if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
+		pager = "cat";
+	if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
 		return;
 
 	spawned_pager = 1; /* means we are emitting to terminal */