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Date: | Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:52:34 +0200 (IST) |
From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
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To: | Horst Kraemer <horst DOT kraemer AT snafu DOT de> |
cc: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
Subject: | Re: How to redirect? |
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On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Horst Kraemer wrote: > exec(getenv('COMSPEC'), '/c c:\g32\bin\ls.exe -l y > log'); This implicitly assumes that COMSPEC points to COMMAND.COM or its close work-alike. While mostly true, this assumption might be false in some rare cases (e.g., there are DJGPP users who put SHELL=-bash.exe in their CONFIG.SYS). If the shell doesn't know about the /c switch, the above will fail.
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