PTY's

[Maarten Litmaath]

In article <5756:Jul2520:37:5490 at kramden.acf.nyu.edu>,
	brnstnd at kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
)...
)Convention dictates that the pty is used only until the child exits; [...]

Hmm, this seems normal behavior indeed, but in general I'd like _any_
pipeline using `pty' or `mtty' to work just like it would without using
the pseudo tty utility...  [Note: both `pty' and `mtty' close the pty if
the child exits.]

)...
)The master *can* handle the I/O while waiting for a SIGCHLD; it just
)mustn't die within the SIGCHLD handler.

That was not my problem; I was thinking of output getting lost without
proper indication how much has been written, but this can be fixed indeed
using restartable system calls.

)Look at the pty code [...]

I will.
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