1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/pardes.zig b/src/pardes.zig
index 321a6b3c..fbc3e119 100644
--- a/src/pardes.zig
+++ b/src/pardes.zig
@@ -5081,6 +5081,12 @@ pub const Pardes = struct {
         pipe: modal.Normal.PipeBehavior,
         save,
     }) void {
+        // Nobody is at the keyboard to answer a command a script wrote to a
+        // ctl file: the write fails instead (src/ninep/ctl.zig).
+        if (p.fs.no_prompt) {
+            p.fs.refused = true;
+            return;
+        }
         const marker = switch (request) {
             .search => |marker| marker,
             .save => config.save_marker,