On Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at 02:16 , John W. Krahn wrote:
[..] > perldoc -f -w thanks... so that's the official way to get the '-X' test flags I have been trying to figure that out for a while. I stole the if (-t) { # we are attached to a tty } else { # we are not attached } from some code I saw - used it, never 'got it' till now -t Filehandle is opened to a tty. So clearly that is the trick to keep when closing and reopening STDIN for redirection.... ciao drieux --- " personally I of course would have done the lstat() and all the old 'c-coder' skank - so it would 'look' like "real code".... since of course everyone just loves doing octal conversions.... And I also like hitting myself on the head with a cricket bat, makes me feel just like I am back in school...." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]