Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 13:12:31 -0500 (EST)
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: Benjamin D Chambers <chambersb AT juno DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Off behaviour with 'cat -b'
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On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > I don't know specifically about cat, but I believe if it was compiled
> > with djgpp you cannot use the standard DOS redirection/piping.
> 
> Why would you think a thing like that?  DJGPP does nothing at all to 
> change the standard DOS redirection/pipes mechanism.  Pipes and 
> redirection are a feature of the shell (COMMAND.COM or any other shell 
> that you might use), and DJGPP has nothing to do with it.  DJGPP programs 
> certainly *can* use these features, exactly as any other DOS program 
> does.  `redir' is only required to redirect stderr (because COMMAND.COM 
> cannot do that).

No, but 4DOS can.  ftp://ftp.std.com/vendors/jpsoft

Works just like in unix.  ie. redir stderr & stdout:

foo >& stdout_n_stderr.thislongfilename_wontworkindostho

I wonder how the command interpreter for OpenDOS works...


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