Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 1997 13:46:18 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	"Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer" <k3040e4 AT wildsau DOT idv-edu DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: stderr + popen()
In-Reply-To:	<5sqc3l$1kcm$1@alijku04.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.970813134555.4132K-100000@is>
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On 12 Aug 1997, Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer wrote:

> Redirecting stderr to stdout (via `dup2') and then calling
> popen() doesn't give the expected results, because stdout
> is dup2'ed again inside popen.
> 
> Can someone give a workaround for this problem ?

AFAIK, `popen' is not a good idea when you need to redirect `stderr'
as well as `stdout'.  I suggest you to redirect `stdout' and `stderr'
yourself, then call `system'.

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