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Hartmut

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[SOLVED] Linux: How to detect whether STDOUT was redirected?
« on: September 28, 2018, 06:38:43 pm »
I want a function which tells me, whether STDOUT of my console program was redirected or not like
   myprogram > outfile

In http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,41936.0.html there is a solution for Windows, but I need it for Linux (Ubuntu 18.04). Can somebody help?

I'm an absolute beginner on Linux, so please be not to short in your answer. Thanks a lot in advance.
« Last Edit: September 28, 2018, 10:13:50 pm by Hartmut »
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mpv

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Re: Linux: How to detect whether STDOUT was redirected?
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2018, 09:08:53 pm »
You can check stdout is a terminal using isatty() function. If not then stdout is redirected
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Hartmut

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Re: Linux: How to detect whether STDOUT was redirected?
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2018, 09:41:21 pm »
That sounds interesting. But I don't find this function, in which unit is it?
http://www.math.uni-leipzig.de/pool/tuts/FreePascal/units/node12.html#SECTION0012369000000000000000
says it is in unit "Linux", but I still get a compilation error: Identifier not found "IsATTY"

Thanks for your help.
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Re: Linux: How to detect whether STDOUT was redirected?
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2018, 09:50:45 pm »
Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]
  1. uses
  2.     termio;
  3.  
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Re: Linux: How to detect whether STDOUT was redirected?
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2018, 10:04:33 pm »
Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]
  1. {$ifdef fpc}{$mode delphi}{$H+}{$endif}
  2. uses termio;
  3. begin
  4. writeln(IsATTY(output));
  5. end.
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Re: Linux: How to detect whether STDOUT was redirected?
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2018, 10:05:13 pm »
Alex , posts crossed.
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Re: Linux: How to detect whether STDOUT was redirected?
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2018, 10:13:23 pm »
It works! Thanks a lot to all who helped me.
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