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From: | Dave Pearson <davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Off behaviour with 'cat -b' |
Date: | Tue, 14 Jan 1997 08:08:34 GMT |
Organization: | Hagbard's World (A Private Internet Host) |
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Sender: | usenet AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk |
Message-ID: | <slrn5dmfo0.rgf.davep@hagbard.demon.co.uk> |
References: | <slrn5dcgqu DOT jsu DOT davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> <19970110 DOT 200811 DOT 4855 DOT 2 DOT chambersb AT juno DOT com> |
To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Benjamin D Chambers <chambersb AT juno DOT com> 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. Use the redir program that comes with djgpp > instead. I fail to see why that should be necessary. DJGPP compiled software is just as redirectable as software compiled with anything else. Correct me if I'm wrong, but redir is mainly there to allow you to redirect stderr when you are using a shell under DOS that does not allow you to do this. -- Take a look in Hagbard's World: | w3ng - The WWW Norton Guide reader. http://www.acemake.com/hagbard | ng2html - The NG to HTML converter. Also available in the UK: | eg - Norton Guide reader for OS/2. http://www.hagbard.demon.co.uk | dgscan - DGROUP scanner for Clipper.
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