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From: peterb@cernvax.UUCP (peter beckmann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Novice question
Keywords: redirected input
Message-ID: <2100@cernvax.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 90 07:41:29 GMT
Organization: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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Hi Netlanders,
i have a program that does prompted read, e.g. a user enters
Prog
and it responds with
Input>
so the user can type some commands.
Now i have a question: if the user generates input from a file or a pipe
,e.g. Prog < some.stuff, is there a way to figure out if the
input is coming NOT from the terminal. (i want to disable the
prompting in this case).

Peter Beckmann