diff -ruN psql/common.c psql_patched/common.c
--- psql/common.c	Sun Apr 15 02:43:37 2001
+++ psql_patched/common.c	Sun Oct  7 14:58:22 2001
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
 {
 	int			length;
 	char	   *destination;
+	static FILE *term = NULL;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
 	struct termios t_orig,
@@ -190,24 +191,28 @@
 		fputs(prompt, stderr);
 
 	prompt_state = true;
+	if (!term)
+		term = fopen("/dev/tty", "r");
+	if (term == NULL)
+		term = stdin;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
 	if (!echo)
 	{
-		tcgetattr(0, &t);
+		tcgetattr(fileno(term), &t);
 		t_orig = t;
 		t.c_lflag &= ~ECHO;
-		tcsetattr(0, TCSADRAIN, &t);
+		tcsetattr(fileno(term), TCSADRAIN, &t);
 	}
 #endif
 
-	if (fgets(destination, maxlen, stdin) == NULL)
+	if (fgets(destination, maxlen, term) == NULL)
 		destination[0] = '\0';
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
 	if (!echo)
 	{
-		tcsetattr(0, TCSADRAIN, &t_orig);
+		tcsetattr(fileno(term), TCSADRAIN, &t_orig);
 		fputs("\n", stderr);
 	}
 #endif
@@ -223,7 +228,7 @@
 
 		do
 		{
-			if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) == NULL)
+			if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), term) == NULL)
 				break;
 			buflen = strlen(buf);
 		} while (buflen > 0 && buf[buflen - 1] != '\n');