[LCP]buffering problem

[Lucas King]

hello,

"Programs using the standard I/O library provided by UNIX automatically 
buffer their output when running non-interactively.  This causes 
problems when you need to see the output immediately."  ... it is 
possible "to make the programs think they are running interactively, 
thereby resolving the buffering problem."

the above is an exerpt from a manual.  the problem is, it doesn't go on 
to explain how to make a program, e.g. FTP, think that it is running 
interactively.

i would dearly like to know how.

as with my Telnet session i am attempting to write a small interactive 
FTP session in C.  the problem is that FTP is not passing the prompt 
"ftp>" (because it is not terminated by a newline character) through to 
my process, thereby making it difficult to determine when it is ready 
for further commands.

if anyone has any thoughts on the matter......

thanking you in advance,

Lucas King




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