[bug #21734] [Patch] Adding -o flag to reopen stdin as /dev/tty similar to BSD xargs

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                 Summary: [Patch] Adding -o flag to reopen stdin as /dev/tty
similar to BSD xargs
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thursday 12/06/2007 at 01:40 UTC
                Category: xargs
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Nikos Ntarmos
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.31
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

The attached patch adds a -o flag, which reopens stdin as /dev/tty in the
child process prior to execvp(3). BSD xargs has the exact same flag for this
reason. This is very useful if the command to launch is an interactive one.
This patch is against 4.2.31 (the latest version available on my Debian Sid
box) but also applies to CVS HEAD.



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Date: Thursday 12/06/2007 at 01:40 UTC  Name: xargs-tty.diff  Size: 3kB   By:
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