support for pseudo-terminals in sshexec. PR 52554

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk@1239121 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

WHATSNEW

@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ Other changes:
 
  * Initial support for Java 8.
 
+ * <sshexec> can optionally create a pseudo terminal (like ssh -t)
+   Bugzilla Report 52554.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.8.1 TO Ant 1.8.2
 ===================================
 

manual/Tasks/sshexec.html

@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ and won't work with versions of jsch earlier than
       <em>since Ant 1.8.3</em></td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">usepty</td>
+    <td valign="top">Whether to allocate a pseudo-tty (like ssh -t).
+      <em>since Ant 1.8.3</em></td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top">No, defaults to false</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 <h3>Examples</h3>

src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHExec.java

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public class SSHExec extends SSHBase {
     private String inputString = null;   // like <exec>
     private File inputFile = null;   // like <exec>
     private boolean append = false;   // like <exec>
+    private boolean usePty = false;
 
     private Resource commandResource = null;
 
@@ -171,6 +172,14 @@ public class SSHExec extends SSHBase {
         outputProperty = property;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether a pseudo-tty should be allocated.
+     * @since Apache Ant 1.8.3
+     */
+    public void setUsePty(boolean b) {
+        usePty = b;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Execute the command on the remote host.
      *
@@ -290,6 +299,7 @@ public class SSHExec extends SSHBase {
             if (istream != null) {
                 channel.setInputStream(istream);
             }
+            channel.setPty(usePty);
             channel.connect();
             // wait for it to finish
             thread =