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>On 9/2/2010 3:47 AM, Peter M=FCnster wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to run a Dos program, that needs keyboard input (just one=
=20
"Y"),
>> automatically via "make" in an ssh-session.
>>
>> How could I simulate the "Y" keypress?
>>
>> "echo Y | DosProgram.exe" does not work...
>>
>> The keypress is accepted only in a dos-console.
>
>Read <
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-effectively.html#using-console>.
>Then add this fact - the SSH server uses ptys.  So your program will not
>work with a single character put in the input buffer.  One could
>envision using 'yes' to fill the buffer of the pipe that the Windows=20
program
>interprets the pty to be.  Perhaps a nicer alternative is to build the
>problematic program with Cygwin, if that's an option, so that it will
>understand the pty.

Would an inline document work?

DosProgram.exe <<!
Y
!

- Phil
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