> I don't think it can easily be done from a script only, but it's possibly
> to write a wrapper program in C that opens a pseudo-tty, then forks,
> setting the controlling tty of the child to the pseudo-tty. This would
> allow stdin/stdout/stderr communication with the wrapper.
This sounds like what Expect does. Ya might want to check out Expect and
see if it works. http://expect.nist.gov
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Gregor Mosheh
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Brian Wellington wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, dreamwvr wrote:
>
> > anyone know the right <STDIN> syntax to get ssh to run from a
> > script? i have one that i have been playing with that gets access but
> > it is not able at this time to get a xterm via X back to the
> > workstation. I am getting a echo that since i am using stdin ssh will
> > not issue a psuedo-terminal. This occurs even with a -t switch at the
> > end of the ssh command string. any ideas or suggestions?
>
> I don't think it can easily be done from a script only, but it's possibly
> to write a wrapper program in C that opens a pseudo-tty, then forks,
> setting the controlling tty of the child to the pseudo-tty. This would
> allow stdin/stdout/stderr communication with the wrapper.
>
> Yes, it works. Yes, it's ugly. Yes, it will be in the next version of
> sftp (ftp replacement that runs over ssh - see http://www.xbill.org/sftp).
>
> Brian
>
>
