Re: Functions/Misc/nslookup (Re: coproc tutorial (Re: questions))

[Oliver Kiddle <opk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bart Schaefer wrote:

> This doesn't work for me because the real nslookup begins block-buffering
> its output when stdout is not a tty.  Furthermore, if I type ^C while the
> nslookup function is running, the entire shell exits.

I've had trouble getting it to work as well which I assumed was to do
with it not having a tty. I tried the same trick with timedc and mailx
aswell with varying problems. Are there any tricks we can do so that the
programs think they have a terminal because it is potentially a very
useful idea? If we can get it to work reliably a generic function for
the purpose as Sven suggested would be a good idea. Can anyone think of
any other programs which it might be useful for?

Oliver Kiddle