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From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: non-interactive cygwin setup
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 22:16:28 -0500
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> > AllocConsole can only pop up a *new* console (right?),
> 
> Quoting MSDN 
> (<http://msdn.com/library/en-us/dllproc/base/allocconsole.asp>):
> 
>     A process can be associated with only one console, so the 
> AllocConsole
>     function fails if the calling process already has a 
> console. A process
>     can use the FreeConsole function to detach itself from its current
>     console, then it can call AllocConsole to create a new console or
>     AttachConsole to attach to another console.
> 
> So, basically, if there's another console, that console will be used.
> 

I should have added, "...in the context in question."  I though sure that
this was already tried, and whoever was doing it was unable to get a usable
console handle and eventually gave up.  What the problem may have been, or
even if I'm remembering correctly, I know not.

-- 
Gary R. Van Sickle
 


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