Re: trapping output from /dev/tty

[Anonymous Monk]

if you are on linux, you probably have the expect command bundled. there are many examples that come with the expect distribution. http://expect.nist.gov/#examples and http://expect.nist.gov/example

maybe you can adapt one of these.

[sgt]

i forgot to mention in the previous post that the output of 'man 7 tty' o 'man 4 tty' is of interest

**HP-UX 11.0**: The file /dev/tty is, in each process, a synonym for the control terminal associated with the process group of that process, if any. It is useful for programs or shell sequences that need to be sure of writing messages on the terminal no matter how output has been redirected. It can also be used for programs that demand the name of a file for output, when typed output is desired and it is tiresome to find out what terminal is currently in use.

--steph (sgt)