Since colors would be used when writing to stdout, then check that stdout is a TTY, instead of stdin. This avoids the usage of terminal color codes when the output is directed to file. --- tests/testutils.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tests/testutils.c b/tests/testutils.c index 915cd3b79..9266f15e8 100644 --- a/tests/testutils.c +++ b/tests/testutils.c @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ bool virTestOOMActive(void) static int virTestUseTerminalColors(void) { - return isatty(STDIN_FILENO); + return isatty(STDOUT_FILENO); } static unsigned int -- 2.13.6