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> On 5.0.5, I have a ELF 32-bit LSB executable (tin) that seems to not want to
> work unless it is on an active tty.

> If I try to run the program in the background (using &), I get:

>   select() failed: Error: Invalid arguement

> Is there a way to "fool" it into thinking it is on an active tty?
> (Ultimately, I want to run this in cron.)

> Thanks in advance,
> Fabio

> Fabio Giannotti enscribed:
> | On 5.0.5, I have a ELF 32-bit LSB executable (tin) that seems to not
want to
> | work unless it is on an active tty.
> |
> | If I try to run the program in the background (using &), I get:
> |
> |   select() failed: Error: Invalid arguement
> |
> | Is there a way to "fool" it into thinking it is on an active tty?
> | (Ultimately, I want to run this in cron.)

> Try setting TERM={just_about_any_terminal_type}  in your cron script.
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> > On 5.0.5, I have a ELF 32-bit LSB executable (tin) that seems to not
want to
> > work unless it is on an active tty.

> > If I try to run the program in the background (using &), I get:

> >   select() failed: Error: Invalid arguement

> > Is there a way to "fool" it into thinking it is on an active tty?
> > (Ultimately, I want to run this in cron.)

> > Thanks in advance,
> > Fabio

> *maybe* with expect (see skunkware)
> maybe with nohup (standard command)

> and/or maybe by simply redirecting one or more of fd's 0, 1, and 2.
> explanation: maybe when a program goes into the background it just closes
0
> (stdin), 1(stdout), and 2 (errout) and so you can't call select() on
> nothing. so maybe if you supply someting for select() to act on that will
be
> good enough. so perhaps just tuoch a couple files progin, progout and run
> with  prog 0<progin >progout 2>&1

> or perhaps use an existing but always unused tty
> disable tty06
> prog </dev/tty06 >/dev/tty06 2>/dev/tty06
> (I just tried this with a simple "more" command and it didn't quite work
as
> I'd hoped. it displayed the output on tty06, but didn't accept any
> keystrokes from tty06 or anywhere else, had to kill -HUP the process. but
> something like this might still get you program to run if you don't need
to
> send it any keystrokes anyways. or you could store the input in a regular
> file and do  prog <file >/dev/tty06 2>&1

> I think linux has a command for running a program on a particular tty
> instead of the current one, something like "vcopen" , anyone know of a sco
> equivalent?

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