> I'm trying to distinguish between a case where there is no parameter on the
> command line and where there is piped input. The code below works under
> Win-32
> but under Linux Eof() waits for input:
>
> IF ParamCount = 0 THEN BEGIN (* Case (1) or (2) *)
> debug('No parameters (case 1 or 2)');
> TRY
> AssignFile(input, ''); (* Standard input *)
> {$IOCHECKS OFF }
> Reset(input); // Returns zero
> TRY
> IF Eof(input) THEN BEGIN (* Case (1) *)
> debug('At EOF (case 1)');
> {$IOCHECKS ON }
>
> // Nothing on command line.
>
> END ELSE BEGIN (* Case (2) *)
> debug('Not at EOF (case 2)');
>
> // Got piped input.
>
> If I start it under linux by piping an eof (i.e. echo -n |) it works.
>
> I'm sure this is something that's been looked at before- how do I get it to
> work?
For unix one can simply use termio.isatty(input) I think.
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