Andrew Barton <andrevv@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> I've got the 2.4 kernel, and I'm trying to use the forkpty() system call
> with the standard I/O stream functions. The calls to forkpty() and
> fdopen() and fprintf() all return successfully, but the data never seems
> to get to the child process. In this simplified example, I am trying to
> open a shell in a pseudo terminal and then send it the string "exit\n"
> and then wait for it to die. But the shell apparently never sees the
> "exit\n", and the parent waits forever.
forkpty() is not a system call. This is more likely to be a glibc
issue or a problem with your code. You might consider running your
test under 'strace' to see what is happening under the covers.
-Doug
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