Function compat_input

awscli/compat.py:250–272

Cygwin's pty's are based on pipes. Therefore, when it interacts with a Win32 program (such as Win32 python), what that program sees is a pipe instead of a console. This is important because python buffers pipes, and so on a pty-based terminal, text will not necessarily appear immedi

(prompt)

def compat_input(prompt):
    """
    Cygwin's pty's are based on pipes. Therefore, when it interacts with a Win32
    program (such as Win32 python), what that program sees is a pipe instead of
    a console. This is important because python buffers pipes, and so on a
    pty-based terminal, text will not necessarily appear immediately. In most
    cases, this isn't a big deal. But when we're doing an interactive prompt,
    the result is that the prompts won't display until we fill the buffer. Since
    raw_input does not flush the prompt, we need to manually write and flush it.

    See https://github.com/mintty/mintty/issues/56 for more details.
    """
    sys.stdout.write(prompt)
    sys.stdout.flush()
    try:
        # This is unused directly when the user pastes the cross-device
        # verification code, which may be longer than some terminal's buffers
        import readline  # noqa: F401

        return raw_input()
    except ImportError:
        LOG.debug('readline module not available')
        return raw_input()


def compat_shell_quote(s, platform=None, shell=False):