Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 16:06:11 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Mumit Khan <khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: -frepo flag, is it supported?
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On 18 Oct 1998, Mumit Khan wrote:

>   - use a temporary file. Write a popen like replacement that redirects
>     both stdout and stderr. I believe the djgpp's popen already uses temp
>     files, so it's already there in source form to reuse.

Since DJGPP's `popen' already exists, the simplest change is just to use 
it instead of the usual Unix fork/exec paradigm.

>   - dup/save the parent's stdout/err, spawn the child with the new
>     descriptors for stdout/err, restore parent's stdout/err and read
>     from the child's stdout/err.

This is exactly what `popen' does, so why reinvent the wheel?

Of course, the real question is does DJGPP at all need -frepo?