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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Mon, 8 Aug 1994 18:21:43 MST
To: icon-group-l@cs.arizona.edu
Date: 8 Aug 1994 12:25:28 -0700
From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Message-Id: <3260r8$gtd@baskerville.CS.Arizona.EDU>
Organization: University of Arizona CS Department, Tucson AZ
Sender: icon-group-request@cs.arizona.edu
References: <31u87k$84c@baskerville.CS.Arizona.EDU>, <5MxTM8s.mengarini@delphi.com>
Subject: Re: isatty equivalent in Icon?
Status: R
Errors-To: icon-group-errors@cs.arizona.edu
In article <5MxTM8s.mengarini@delphi.com>,
Will Mengarini <mengarini@delphi.com> wrote:
>Dave Schaumann <dave@CS.Arizona.EDU> writes:
>
>>Is there a function equivalent to C's "isatty()" in Icon? (ie,
>>a way to tell whether &input (or another file) is connected to
>>a teletype-like device)
>
>I have a version of isatty() for MS-DOS only.
>This kind of thing is likely to require nonportable implementation;
>what operating system are you using?
I'm presently working on a Un*x box (Solaris to be specific).
But I would like the solution to be reasonably portable.
-Dave