Scroll to navigation

PTYWRAP(1) PTYWRAP(1)

NAME

ptywrap - fool programs into thinking they are talking to a pseudo-tty

SYNOPSIS

ptywrap

DESCRIPTION

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).

SEE ALSO

modglue(1). prompt(1).
See the web page at http://www.aei.mpg.de/~peekas/modglue/ for more information.

AUTHORS

Kasper Peeters <kasper.peeters@aei.mpg.de>
July 12, 2008