Perl hack - fooling isatty() ?

Perl hack - fooling isatty() ?

ronys ronys at gmx.net
Mon Apr 13 23:37:26 IDT 2009


Hi,

I need to call e2fsck from a Perl script. Thing is, e2fsck checks if it's being run interactively or not (using isatty(0) && isatty(1)), and exits if not.

I know that calling e2fsck with -p/-n/-y would fix this, but this is not an option for me (don't ask).

So, is there some Perl magic that will fool a Perl script's subprocesses into thinking they're connected to a terminal?

Cheers,

	Rony




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