Add functions to support console redirection

[libs/core.git] / source / io / console.h

diff --git a/source/io/console.h b/source/io/console.h
index 5b4158fc90b533a96d7399da08d41d45b7887b30..d29ef003998c005c32d83305003e0b83377a8dd4 100644 (file)
--- a/source/io/console.h
+++ b/source/io/console.h
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ public:
        Console. */
        void get_size(unsigned &rows, unsigned &cols);
 
        Console. */
        void get_size(unsigned &rows, unsigned &cols);
 

+       /** Redirects input from or output to another I/O object.  This performs a
+       system-level redirect.  Closing the other object won't affect the
+       redirection. */
+       void redirect(Base &);
+

 protected:
        virtual unsigned do_write(const char *, unsigned);
        virtual unsigned do_read(char *, unsigned);
 protected:
        virtual unsigned do_write(const char *, unsigned);
        virtual unsigned do_read(char *, unsigned);