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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Can you redirect /dev/tty?
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Date: 21 Jul 90 06:17:19 GMT
References: <330@stubby.UUCP>
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In article <330@stubby.UUCP>,
	skip@stubby.UUCP (Skip Koppenhaver) writes:
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)Is it possible to redirect input to a program which opens /dev/tty?

This is possible if your operating system has pseudo ttys, e.g. 4.3BSD or
SunOS [34].*.  I have written a program that lets you do what you want,
using such a pseudo terminal.  Email if interested.
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