How do I tell from within a ruby script whether it has been run from the command line, i.e. like this:
> ruby myscript.rb
or from a non-interactive process, e.g. cron?
How do I tell from within a ruby script whether it has been run
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How do I tell from within a ruby script whether it has been run from the command line, i.e. like this:
> ruby myscript.rb
or from a non-interactive process, e.g. cron?
$stdin.tty?will return true if connected to a terminal otherwise false.There is a fair bit of additional information on question Best practices with STDIN in Ruby?