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| -rw-r--r-- | src/unix.cpp | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/unix.cpp b/src/unix.cpp index a58389387..ec4bb05ff 100644 --- a/src/unix.cpp +++ b/src/unix.cpp @@ -222,7 +222,10 @@ void ShowOSErrorBox(const char *buf, bool system) ShowMacDialog( buf, "See readme for more info\nMost likely you are missing files from the original TTD", "Quit" ); #else /* all systems, but OSX */ - fprintf(stderr, "\033[1;31mError: %s\033[0;39m\n", buf); + if (isatty(fileno(stderr))) /* Only use escape codes on a TTY */ + fprintf(stderr, "\033[1;31mError: %s\033[0;39m\n", buf); + else + fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", buf); #endif } |