[GH-ISSUE #372] ASCIINEMA_REC is not set #849

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opened 2026-03-15 10:43:19 +03:00 by kerem · 5 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:43:19 +03:00

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Originally created by @omry on GitHub (Sep 18, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/372

Looks like ASCIINEMA_REC is not properly set.
I found that if I run asciinema with this it will be passed to the recoded session:

ASCIINEMA_REC=1 asciinema rec

This seems to disagree with the doc (https://asciinema.org/docs/usage)

Originally created by @omry on GitHub (Sep 18, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/372 Looks like ASCIINEMA_REC is not properly set. I found that if I run asciinema with this it will be passed to the recoded session: ASCIINEMA_REC=1 asciinema rec This seems to disagree with the doc (https://asciinema.org/docs/usage)

kerem closed this issue

2026-03-15 10:43:24 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:43:30 +03:00

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@Enteee commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2020):

asciinema 2.0.2 -- and I see the same issue.

@Enteee commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2020): asciinema 2.0.2 -- and I see the same issue.

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:43:35 +03:00

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@vext01 commented on GitHub (Apr 5, 2020):

Same issue here on OpenBSD.

@vext01 commented on GitHub (Apr 5, 2020): Same issue here on OpenBSD.

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:43:40 +03:00

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@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2020):

Fixed via #400. Will be part of the upcoming release.

@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2020): Fixed via #400. Will be part of the upcoming release.

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:43:45 +03:00

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@mickael-menu commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2021):

EDIT: Oops, I assumed that the latest release was more recent since this issue is quite old already, but it looks like the fix was not released yet.

Still happens for me with 2.0.2, on macOS 10.15.7 with zsh 5.7.1.

~ > asciinema --version
asciinema 2.0.2

~ > asciinema rec -c 'echo "ASCIINEMA_REC=$ASCIINEMA_REC"'
asciinema: recording asciicast to /var/folders/ks/ny2nfkh5183ffwm10fw_9rq80000gn/T/tmp2oid1izq-ascii.cast
asciinema: exit opened program when you're done
ASCIINEMA_REC=
asciinema: recording finished
asciinema: press <enter> to upload to asciinema.org, <ctrl-c> to save locally

@mickael-menu commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2021): EDIT: Oops, I assumed that the latest release was more recent since this issue is quite old already, but it looks like the fix was not released yet. Still happens for me with 2.0.2, on macOS 10.15.7 with zsh 5.7.1. ``` ~ > asciinema --version asciinema 2.0.2 ~ > asciinema rec -c 'echo "ASCIINEMA_REC=$ASCIINEMA_REC"' asciinema: recording asciicast to /var/folders/ks/ny2nfkh5183ffwm10fw_9rq80000gn/T/tmp2oid1izq-ascii.cast asciinema: exit opened program when you're done ASCIINEMA_REC= asciinema: recording finished asciinema: press <enter> to upload to asciinema.org, <ctrl-c> to save locally ```

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:43:51 +03:00

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@karimknaebel commented on GitHub (Mar 21, 2021):

Indeed, the last release was almost 2 years ago.

@karimknaebel commented on GitHub (Mar 21, 2021): Indeed, the last release was almost 2 years ago.