[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Guy Maor) wrote on 25.04.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Roderick Schertler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It's supposed to open /dev/tty instead of using stdin. This is the way > > it works on all the systems I could get people to check for me, which > > are Linux with libc5, AIX 4.2, Solaris 2.4, Solaris 2.5, DG/UX 4.11 and > > FreeBSD 2.2.2-R. > > I don't understand how this would work. How do you get the canonical > ttyname from /dev/tty ? > > $ tty < /dev/tty > /dev/tty Ugh. That's not supposed to happen, I believe. Opening /dev/tty ought to give a fd that stat()s like one to the current controlling terminal, _not_ to /dev/tty. Well, at least that's the rdev it should have. Kernel bug? MfG Kai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
