PTY's

[Maarten Litmaath]

In article <*%2$X6- at rpi.edu>,
	wileyjm at turing.cs.rpi.edu (John-Michael Wiley) writes:
)
)I am trying to write a process that sits between the csh and the 
)terminal [...]

It is not that trivial.  I'd say it's almost impossible to get it
_completely_ right when using the BSD pty driver...
You could use the `mtty' package I've just posted to alt.sources.
Check the accompanying documentation and you'll understand the
difficulties...
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