From: "Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer" <mfx AT Oeh DOT Uni-Linz DOT ac DOT at>
Message-Id: <199610172042.VAA05326@osiris.oeh.uni-linz.ac.at>
Subject: Re: .INF files questions
To: salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar (Salvador Eduardo Tropea)
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 21:42:28 +0100 (MET)
Cc: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To:  <9610171437.aa28928@ailin.inti.edu.ar> from "Salvador Eduardo Tropea" at Oct 17, 96 02:37:35 pm
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> >> b) My routines calls to the decompressor using system(), and I saw that
> >> after 10 or 12 calls part of my memory is corrupted.
> >The version of `system' in the stock v2.0 libc has a bug: it loses 
> >handles when you use redirection in the command you invoke.  v2.01 
> >corrects this bug.  A patch is available from the DJGPP bug-tracking 
> >system, in case you cannot wait for v2.01.
> Thanks I'll try to see if that's cure my problem, actually I'm using 
> redirection to uncompress the file.

You might want to use zlib instead of calling gzip.
Try http://quest.jpl.nasa.gov/zlib