Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 19:18:01 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ian Stevenson <ians AT vvl DOT co DOT uk>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: _dup2 and _spawnvp functions needed
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On Tue, 9 Jul 1996, Ian Stevenson wrote:

> It was originally compiled with something else, and the DJGPP v2.0 libraries 
> don't seem to have all of the functions that I need.  In particular:
> 
> _spawnvp
> _dup2

How do these different (if at all) from `spawnvp' and `dup2' that DJGPP 
has?  Chances are these are the same functions, albeit by different 
names.  Anyway, to find a substitute you will have to know exactly what 
do these do in the MS library.

> _splitpath
> _fullpath

DJGPP has `fnsplit' and `fnmerge' that should do the same; the parameters 
might be different a bit, though.

> Is it possible to use the Microsoft Libraries - technically and legally?
> ( the program must use DPMI memory etc from protected mode - I suspect the 
> Microsoft libraries won't support this)

Don't even try it: it will never work.