Thomas Wouters: Test script for openpty()

Lib/test/test_openpty.py

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+# Test to see if openpty works. (But don't worry if it isn't available.)
+
+import os
+from test_support import verbose, TestFailed
+
+try:
+    if verbose:
+        print "Calling os.openpty()"
+    master, slave = os.openpty()
+    if verbose:
+        print "(master, slave) = (%d, %d)"%(master, slave)
+except AttributeError:
+    raise ImportError, "No openpty() available."
+
+## # Please uncomment these if os.isatty() is added.
+## if not os.isatty(master):
+##     raise TestFailed, "Master-end of pty is not a terminal."
+## if not os.isatty(slave):
+##     raise TestFailed, "Slave-end of pty is not a terminal."
+
+os.write(slave, 'Ping!')
+print os.read(master, 1024)
+