On Thu, Sep 02 2010, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > >How could I simulate the "Y" keypress? > > > >"echo Y | DosProgram.exe" does not work... > > > >The keypress is accepted only in a dos-console. > > Read <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-effectively.html#using-console>. > Then add this fact - the SSH server uses ptys. So your program will not > work with a single character put in the input buffer. One could > envision using 'yes' to fill the buffer of the pipe that the Windows program > interprets the pty to be. Perhaps a nicer alternative is to build the > problematic program with Cygwin, if that's an option, so that it will > understand the pty.
Unfortunately, I don't have the source code of the program, so it's no option to patch it. I tested mintty: it does not work. I understand, that there is nothing to do with a pipe to the pty or stdin. I'm thinking of something like this: ConsoleKeypressSimulator.exe --delay 10 --key y & DosProgram.exe And for proper operation, the DosProgram needs a "y" keypress about 10 seconds after begin of execution. So my questions are: - Is it possible to write such a program: ConsoleKeypressSimulator.exe ? - If yes, what is the degree of difficulty to write that? Thanks for your help! Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple