[Python-Dev] getpass and stdin

[Leif Walsh]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Shaya Potter <spotter at cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
>  I want to run a program within a bash script, essentially daemonize a
>  program that doesn't have a daemon mode.
>
>  #!/bin/sh
>
>  echo "What Is Your Passsword: "
>  stty_orig=`stty -g`
>  stty -echo
>  read -r PASSWORD
>  stty $stty_orig
>
>  TIMEOUT=600
>
>  while [ 1 ]
>  do
>         echo $PASSWORD | program

So...why won't `program -p $PASSWORD' work here?

>         sleep $TIMEOUT
>  done

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Cheers,
Leif