.TH PTYWRAP 1 "Jul 12, 2008" "" ""
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.SH NAME
ptywrap \- fool programs into thinking they are talking to a pseudo-tty
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR "ptywrap"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ptywrap
is a simple tool to wrap other programs' input/output streams in a pseudo-tty.

Many programs determine whether or not they should buffer their
input/output based on whether or not these are connected to a
pseudo-tty. Ptywrap can be used to fool programs into thinking that
they are connected to a pseudo-tty even if they are not (e.g. even if
the input/output is redirected to a file). 

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR modglue (1).
.BR prompt (1).

See the web page at
.BR "http://www.aei.mpg.de/~peekas/modglue/"
for more information.
.SH AUTHORS
Kasper Peeters <kasper.peeters@aei.mpg.de>