From: Michael Feldman <mfeldman AT seas DOT gwu DOT edu>
Subject: Re: output redirection in version 2
To: sandmann AT new-orleans DOT NeoSoft DOT com (Charles Sandmann)
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 16:51:28 -0500 (EST)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, bachusb AT seas DOT gwu DOT edu (Bruce D. Bachus),
        ckann AT seas DOT gwu DOT edu (Charles W. Kann),
        opdahl AT seas DOT gwu DOT edu (Steven B. Opdahl),
        drupp AT cs DOT washington DOT edu (Douglas Rupp)

> 
> > Is there any plan to find a clever way to redirect stderr and stdout
> > to _different_ files in version 2? This is what's done in Unix and  OS/2.
> 
> There is currently nothing new in V2 in this area, since this is really
> a shell function.  As a matter of fact, 2r1, 1r2, and the mono redirection
> stuff don't currently exist in V2.  Maybe it makes sense to put a 
> redirection utility in the bundle.
> 
I've read some of the traffic that followed this note to the group.
Maybe the GNAT "packagers" - Doug Rupp at the UW and we at GW -
ought to consider packaging an alternatve shell. In the opinion of
djgpp fans, what is the best choice? We will need an easy-to-install,
relatively-low-overhad, _free-software_ shell. Is there such a beast?

Mike Feldman