isatty(stdin) usage

David J. Camp david at wubios.wustl.edu
Tue Feb 21 12:37:53 AEST 1989


I am trying to use this invokation:

          if (isatty (stdin))

to detect whether a C program has been called interactively or with
redirection.  It does not work.  Can anyone suggest a better way, or
explain why it does not work?

I am using a Sun 3/260 running SunOS 4.0.1.
-David-
-- 
Bitnet:   david at wubios.wustl                ^      Mr. David J. Camp
Internet: david%wubios at wucs1.wustl.edu    < * >    Box 8067, Biostatistics
uucp:     uunet!wucs1!wubios!david          v      660 South Euclid
Washington University Medical School               Saint Louis, MO 63110



More information about the Comp.unix.questions mailing list