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authorLaurence Kedward <laurence.kedward@bristol.ac.uk>2021-11-27 17:35:12 +0000
committerLaurence Kedward <laurence.kedward@bristol.ac.uk>2021-11-27 17:35:12 +0000
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diff --git a/src/ptycheck/isatty.c b/src/ptycheck/isatty.c
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+// This file provides a `c_isatty` wrapper function to check if `stdout` is connected
+// to a terminal or not. This wrapper is required for better portability, specifically
+// for supporting the MS Windows command prompt and the MinTTY terminal used by MSYS2.
+
#include <unistd.h> //for isatty()
#include <stdio.h> //for fileno()
#ifdef __MINGW64__
+// ptycheck/iscygpty allows us to check if connected to MinTTY in MSYS2 on Windows
#include "iscygpty.h"
#endif
+// Check if `stdout` is connected to a terminal
+// Returns 1 if is a terminal, and 0 otherwise
int c_isatty(void)
{