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From:	Sam Steingold <sds AT gnu DOT org>
Subject:	Re: subprocess i/o interaction with shell (bash&cmd): shells
	compete for input with user program!
Date:	22 Jul 2003 18:12:53 -0400
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> * In message <20030722212705 DOT GA26210 AT redhat DOT com>
> * On the subject of "Re: subprocess i/o interaction with shell (bash&cmd): shells compete for input with user program!"
> * Sent on Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:27:05 -0400
> * Honorable Christopher Faylor <cgf-idd AT cygwin DOT com> writes:
>
> If the exec paradigm in cygwin was really broken, the mailing list
> would be filled with people complaining about that fact.

my fault (gcc does not define UNIX, I should have been more careful,
sorry)

OK, so -- how do I implement execv() ?
winsup/src/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc:spawn_guts() is, apparently,
the place to look at, but it is so hairy ...

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