Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/16/13:20:15
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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