Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 14:53:12 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Otavio Exel <oexel AT economatica DOT com DOT br>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: diff[3] & patch with RCS & CVS
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On 22 Sep 1998, Otavio Exel wrote:

> - RCS has problems using djgpp's diff.exe and diff3.exe;
> - CVS has problems using djgpp's patch.exe;
> 
> am I missing something? can't a Win32-console program use a Dos-dpmi
> program? any clues?

Please elaborate about the nature of the ``problems'' you see.  I
don't see how else can we help you.

In general, there should be no problems with Win32 console apps
invoking DJGPP programs.  Actually, you do this yourself all the time,
since even COMMAND.COM which comes with Windows 9X is a Win32 console
application in disguise.