Christopher Faylor wrote:
> Is there something wrong with Cygwin's code for determining if a handle is a
> console?
>
> ...
> if (GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo (handle, &buf))
> {
> ...
> }
> else if (GetNumberOfConsoleInputEvents (handle, (DWORD *) &buf))
> {
> ...
> }
>
> It's been working pretty well for centuries.
Can't see why it wouldn't be ok. Both those functions return zero (and
GetLastError() == STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE) if what you pass isn't a console
handle.
cheers,
DaveK
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