Re: Visual C++ console apps in a bash window

[Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>]

Does your CYGWIN environment variable contain "tty"?  If so, this is most
likely the reason you can't get it to work.  Either remove tty or use the notty
switch.

Earnie.

--- Ian Collins <bagpuss@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> I am trying to get an application that was compiled/linked under Visual
> C++ to work in a bash window.
> The application requires that i/o be performed in "raw" mode, (i.e.,
> using ioctl, isatty, etc calls).
> 
> When the application is run in an NT cmd window (dos prompt!), it runs
> fine.
> When run in a bash shell, isatty returns 0 (not in a terminal), and the
> ioctl calls return
> "Invalid Arguments".
> 
> Does anyone know how to make this work?
> 
> I have a Console Application created with Visual C++, and want to run it
> in
> a bash window.
> When the application is run (see code below), printf works fine, but
> isatty(fileno(stdin)) returns 0 (no terminal attached). Also any ioctl
> calls return a failure
> 
> Is there any way to do this??
> 
> //
> // Example code...
> //
> #include "stdafx.h"
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <io.h>
> 
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
> int i;
> i = _isatty(_fileno(stdin));
> printf("isatty returned: %d\n", i);
> return 0;
> }
> 
> I also tried creating the same application using the MKS NutCracker
> suite
> (that application had ioctl) calls.
> This application also fails (and the ioctl calls failed with "Invalid
> Argument").
> 
> (A gut feeling - would compiling bash using VC++ solve the problem -
> gulp!!).
> 
> Regards,
> Ian Collins
> System Manager
> KIWIPLAN NZ
> 
> 
> 
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