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On 9/2/2010 3:47 AM, Peter Münster wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to run a Dos program, that needs keyboard input (just one "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 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.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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