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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 17:16:26 -0500
To: Ian Collins <bagpuss AT ihug DOT co DOT nz>
Cc: gnu <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: Re: Running win32 applications under inetd
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In-Reply-To: <38556203.88BD2325@ihug.co.nz>; from bagpuss@ihug.co.nz on Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 10:15:47AM +1300

On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 10:15:47AM +1300, Ian Collins wrote:
>I am using Sergeys inetd port to start a telnet session.
>
>One of the applications I am running in the telnet session is a console
>application compiled under Visual C++.
>(Example source code follows).
>
>When run in a telnet session, this code (using isatty) always reports
>the terminal is non-interactive.

Ptys are implemented using pipes.  Non-cygwin applications will not
identify a pipe as a tty.

I doubt that there is any way around this fact.  Sorry.

cgf

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