From: "Robert L." <vlad3 AT sympatico DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP & CGI, I found an easier way!
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So, it's very easy to make this tool :)

open file( in binary);
test if exist;
input a char;
output the char on the STDOUT;
test if eof mark;
end program;


Damian Yerrick a écrit dans le message ...
>On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 14:29:41 +0100, Giacomo Degli Esposti
><pad2369 AT iperbole DOT bologna DOT it> wrote:
>
>>"Robert L." wrote:
>>>
>>> Excuse me, but i don't have cat command in dos ( v. 7 ). I know there's
one
>>> in unix.
>>> If it exist, where can i find it, else what the "spec" of this command.
>>> ( win98 )
>>
>>You can find it in the Textutils package in DJGPP (txtXXXb.zip).
>>Anyway it is more or less equivalent to the "type" DOS command (i.e. it
>>copies files to stdout), so you can use "type" instead of "cat".
>
>One problem:
>
>C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>type /?
>Displays the contents of text files.
>
>TYPE [drive:][path]filename
>
>
>C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>
>
>
>Meaning it'll stop at the first Ctrl+Z.  It would be different if
>there were a /b option to `type'.  `cat' is often used to concatenate
>binary files, much as `copy /b foo.0+foo.1+foo.2 foo.out' is.
>
>--
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