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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:24:15 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-idd AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: subprocess i/o interaction with shell (bash&cmd): shells compete for input with user program!
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 06:12:53PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
>> * 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 ...

It is hairy but, unfortunately, this is not the place to go for help
rolling your own execv.  Cygwin already has a nice, functioning execv.
As always, I'd suggest google.
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