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From: "Juan Manuel Guerrero" <ST001906 AT HRZ1 DOT HRZ DOT TU-Darmstadt DOT De>
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:04:12 +0100
Subject: Re: posix_spawn family
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> > From: "Juan Manuel Guerrero" <ST001906 AT HRZ1 DOT HRZ DOT TU-Darmstadt DOT De>
> > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 23:41:45 +0100
> >
> > posix_spawn_file_actions_init
> > posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2
> > posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose
> > posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen
> > posix_spawnp
> > posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy
> >
> > Has someone started to code those functions?
>
> It's on my TODO for more time than I'd like to admit, but I didn't do
> anything except reading the Posix draft that describes them.
>
> Would you like to give it a try?  I can help by giving advice, if you
> need it.
>
> TIA

Those functions are needed to port gettext so I will try to code something usefull.
I have downloaded glibc 2.2.5 to see how this is implemented there. I have also
looked at www.unix-systems.org for the describtion of the functions.
My intention is to code some sort of primitive wrapper for djgpp's spawn* functions.
This wrapper will be included in the gettext package in the same way I have included
some CVS files to solve pw_gecos difficulty and some other porting difficulties with
DJGPP 203 that will desapear as soon as 204 is released.
It is only my intention to write the needed code for the needed functions to get gettext working.
I do not know how much time all this will take, so if someone wants to start a more serious attempt
to code this functions for inclusion in CVS tree he will be welcome.

Regards,
Guerrero, Juan Manuel