Question: How pty behaives with empty command.
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Description
I was tinkering pty/tty stuff and still not clearly understand how it works :). And you're @philippkeller the most right person who I could address this question. Example below.
Currently this test will pass.
But why?
Why we get this echoed strings?
I've tested the flags.local_flags &= !termios::LocalFlags::ECHO works fine.
Thanks in advance.
#[test]
/// Open cat, write string, read back string twice, send Ctrl^C and check that cat exited
fn test_no_cmd() {
// wrapping into closure so I can use ?
|| -> std::io::Result<()> {
let process = PtyProcess::new(Command::new("")).expect("could not execute cat");
let f = process.get_file_handle();
let mut writer = LineWriter::new(&f);
let mut reader = BufReader::new(&f);
writer.write_all(b"hello cat\n")?;
let mut buf = String::new();
reader.read_line(&mut buf)?;
assert_eq!(buf, "hello cat\r\n");
Ok(())
}()
.unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("test_cat failed: {}", e));
}
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Start with the test_no_cmd function and the PtyProcess::new(Command::new("")) call, then inspect the repository's pty/tty handling and terminal echo behavior. Done would be a clear explanation of why the echoed strings appear, including the effect of the empty command.
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- rust
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