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List:       gnupg-devel
Subject:    Re: --no-tty
From:       Werner Koch <wk () gnupg ! org>
Date:       2002-05-21 7:19:30
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On Sun, 19 May 2002 05:54:49 -0400, Emil  said:

> Isn't --no-tty supposed to mean _NO_ tty whatsoever ?

No, it does only make sure never to write to the tty directly (i.e. it
does not open /dev/tty).  The tty may be required to ask for a
passphrase even when stderr has been redirected.  Avoiding all
informational output is done by redirecting stderr to /dev/zero

  Werner


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