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From: david@csource.oz.au (david nugent)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Can Telnet input come from two sources?
Message-ID: <555@csource.oz.au>
Date: 5 Jul 90 15:16:05 GMT
References: <2516@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu>
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In <2516@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> frank@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Frank G. Fiamingo) writes:

>I'm trying to setup a front end for the Telnet program for use
>by novices.  They'll be telneting to various hosts that presents them
>with several menu's.  I'd like to get them through the menu's by
>taking telnet's input from a file, then have the input switch
>to stdin.  Can this be done?  If so, how?


Not a file, but it could be taking it from a pipe from another
process.  That process could then freopen() stdin to /dev/ttyXX
if it knew the controlling terminal (or just /dev/tty if it happened
to have the same one).

BTW, I've never tried this exactly; but this is the first tack I'd
take in attempting to solve the problem.

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