Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 22:06:25 -0500
Message-Id: <199903020306.WAA18787@envy.delorie.com>
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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In-reply-to: <199903020302.WAA09354@mccoy2.ECE.McGill.CA> (message from Alain
	Magloire on Mon, 1 Mar 1999 22:02:58 -0500 (EST))
Subject: Re: inetutils
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> The std{in,out,err} are sockets handles.

In order to spawn a child under *any* conditions, and pass handles
which are sockets, you need an OS that understands handles as sockets.
DOS just doesn't support this, so there's no way to use djgpp for
something like inetd and still be able to use the os's
program-execution code.  You'd have to write the child programs as
dlls, dxes, or something you invent, so that you can "inherit" the
handles.  Note that ka9q does this.