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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 11:20:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: cleartool & CYGWIN=tty
To: Geoff Hart <ghart AT siemens-psc DOT com>, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
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--- Geoff Hart <ghart AT siemens-psc DOT com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there a way to fool a Windows app (cleartool) into thinking
> STDIN is a DOS console?  I believe cleartool calls "isatty" to
> determine whether to show a prompt or not ("cleartool> ").
> 
> I was hoping I could pipe in some program which would create a
> pseudo DOS tty for STDOUT, while it simply echoed whatever it
> recieved on STDIN.  (like: "bash$ fake_console | cleartool")
> 
> I know I can achieve this by starting bash, with CYGWIN=notty in
> a regular DOS Command Propmt window, but I like to use TTY support
> *PLUS* I like to use RXVT.  Also, cleartool has a "-e" option which
> hints at what I want, but it doesn't have any apparent effect
> 

I've no idea if this'll work but hey it just might:

CYGWIN=notty bash -c 'cleartool'

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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