On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Shawn Walker wrote: > On 31/10/2007, Nikolay Molchanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm not suggesting to change stdio, I'm suggesting to change pkgrm code to >> use >> "read(0, buf, 1);" >> in loop to read 1 byte from standard input until the end of line or EOF >> happens. >> Basically it is the same loop as it uses to write its questions: >> >> 12580: write(2, " D", 1) = 1 >> 12580: write(2, " o", 1) = 1 >> 12580: write(2, " ", 1) = 1 >> 12580: write(2, " y", 1) = 1 >> 12580: write(2, " o", 1) = 1 >> 12580: write(2, " u", 1) = 1 >> 12580: write(2, " ", 1) = 1 >> ... >> >> In this case it will leave the pointer in the input file at the beginning of >> next line, >> so the child process will read from this point. > > That seems like a lot of hackery for little benefit.
The whole thing reads a bit like "How do we solve a problem that is ages old and must have been solved before ?". Isn't this exactly what programs like expect were supposed to address / allow - remote-control/script things that request user input, aka read from stdin ? FrankH. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
