Ctrl+C - Disable terminate batch job question

[xelra]

One of the most annoying things when working with the Command Prompt on Windows is the Terminate batch job (Y/N)? question that has to be answered after pressing ctrl+c.
Some people are ok with pressing ctrl+c twice, but this doesn't always work.

Cmder brings the Unix workflow to Windows and a great feature would be to suppress this question.

There's a little project called CmdEx, which has exactly done that. Maybe the code could be mostly copied from that?

Thank you very much for considering.

[DRSDavidSoft]

Solution:

clink set terminate_autoanswer 1

or, read @edmundo096's answer: #1666 (comment)

⚡ Wiki page: https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder/wiki/Customization#terminate-batch-job-yn

👉 Note: Restart Cmder session to take effect.

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@xelra Vote up for merging CmdEx into Cmder, alongside Clink!

[edmundo096]

This was somewhat previously commented on #1488

[edmundo096]

Also discussed here #108
Probably what samvasko pointed to on that issue, there is a setting inside \cmder\config\settings file:

# name: Auto-answer terminate prompt
# type: enum
#  0 = Disabled
#  1 = Answer 'Y'
#  2 = Answer 'N'
# Automatically answers cmd.exe's 'Terminate batch job (Y/N)?' prompts. 0 =
# disabled, 1 = answer 'Y', 2 = answer 'N'.
terminate_autoanswer = 1

That should do the trick.

[DRSDavidSoft]

Thanks @edmundo096! I added your solution to our wiki:

• https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder/wiki/Customization#terminate-batch-job-yn

[daxgames]

just run:

C:\Users\user\Documents$ clink set terminate_autoanswer 1
Settings 'terminate_autoanswer' set to '1'

[seezmashele]

Using
clink set terminate_autoanswer 1
Returns 'ERROR: Setting 'terminate_autoanswer' not found.' in my case

I used clink set cmd.auto_answer 1 which adds 'cmd.auto_answer = answer_yes' to clink_settings
Problem solved 🙂

[chrisant996]

Using 'clink set terminate_autoanswer 1'
Returns 'ERROR: Setting 'terminate_autoanswer' not found.' in my case

That suggestion was given when Clink 0.4.9 was being used.
Since then, in newer versions of Clink the settings were overhauled and renamed.

I used 'clink set cmd.auto_answer 1' which adds 'cmd.auto_answer = answer_yes' to clink_settings
Problem solved 🙂

Yes, that's the new name.
Great to hear confirmation it's working as desired!

[chrisant996]

For the record: I've also added backward compatibility with old setting names (except for a couple that have been removed). That should make it so old posts that e.g. mention clink set terminate_autoanswer will still work, and will just get redirected to the corresponding new setting(s).

[DRSDavidSoft]

@chrisant996 Good idea, could you please also link the commit you made that enables this?

[chrisant996]

@chrisant996 Good idea, could you please also link the commit you made that enables this?

I've linked it in the Clink repo and in the Clink documentation. Please feel free to link it here yourself if that seems desirable. That would be a nice way to help me out, so that I'm not single handedly doing all the things that are requested. I only have so much time.

(Yes it took me longer to write that than it would have to find the change and link it. But I'm setting boundaries, so it's worth it.)