Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/08/26/22:07:17
On 26 Aug 1997, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> Please!
>
> I've been through all the FAQ's, readme's, etc., and I still cannot find an
> acceptable answer (Yes is the acceptable answer!).
>
> What I need to do is spawn a program (namely PVCS executables) under a
> Win95 DOS box and be portable to UNIX at the same time. DJGPP will get me
What's wrong with something like spawnlp(P_WAIT, "myprog", "myprog", 0);
(prototyped in process.h)? There are a whole family of spawn*()
functions; type "info libc alpha spawn" for full descriptions.
> most of the way with its portability, but I'm stuck on DPMI services. It
> turns out that all of the PVCS routines use DOS4GW as their extender and
> that is mentioned as a no-no by at least PMODE 1.2. I've tried GO32,
> CWSDPMI, and PMODE to no avail (all under DJGPP v2). Is it possible to do
> what I need to do? What other package do I need (other than a Mickeysoft
> package, of course)? Did I miss a FAQ?
>
> ...Kenneth
>
You don't need any packages above and beyond those normally required for a
DJGPP program to run (such as a DPMI provider).
---Michael Phelps
morphine AT cs DOT jhu DOT edu
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