X-Git-Url: https://ruderich.org/simon/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=79a40843429a4c66f346cf893be42c29f4834cb3;hb=2fc66e15eb194ca1e54cd4df7f54bfdc3c87a3cd;hp=298ce4ff3c6346ce373afcf2bb421fc77dd588ea;hpb=18d52b3b5a11b9625a4780bff85ed9dc49af93fc;p=coloredstderr%2Fcoloredstderr.git diff --git a/README b/README index 298ce4f..79a4084 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ coloredstderr is a small library which uses 'LD_PRELOAD' to color stderr. Like all solutions using 'LD_PRELOAD' it only works with dynamically linked binaries. Statically linked binaries, for example valgrind, are not supported. +setuid binaries are also not supported ('LD_PRELOAD' disabled for security +reasons). It was inspired by stderred [2]. Similar solutions (using 'LD_PRELOAD') @@ -93,6 +95,10 @@ The following additional environment variables are available: terminal, e.g. when writing to a file. By default, only writes to a terminal are colored. +All environment variables starting with 'COLORED_STDERR_PRIVATE_*' are +internal variables used by the implementation and should not be set manually. +See the source for details. + To set custom colors as pre/post strings you can use the `$''` feature of Bash and Zsh: