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From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject: Re: New Win2K/XP bug report
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 15:28:20 -0600 (CST)
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> > From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
> > Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 11:29:47 -0600 (CST)
> > 
> > for example, cmd /c dir | strings 
> > shows absolutely nothing under bash (cmd is also a win32 image).
> 
> What happens if you use command.com instead of cmd.exe?

command.com /c dir | strings 
  works under bash (a tiny improvement, but it's not Win32/PE ...)

(command.com /c finger @bajor | strings)
  once again generates no output (pipe output gets lost)
  
> > Since cmd.exe is also a win32 executable, sending its output to a djgpp
> > image also doesn't seem to work.
> 
> I'm curious: does `redir' also fail to redirect stdout/stderr or
> cmd.exe on W2K?  I think someone complained about strange problems
> with redirection a long time ago, including that stdout and stderr
> couldn't be separated or something.

I believe that report was incorrect, I haven't seen any problems.  I quite
often use the built in cmd redirect (ie 2> ) to even send stderr to a
separate place.

Redir seems to work fine.  For example:

  redir -o x.x cmd /c dir

puts a directory listing in x.x