From: Dave Pearson <davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Off behaviour with 'cat -b'
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 08:08:34 GMT
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Benjamin D Chambers <chambersb AT juno DOT com> wrote:
> I don't know specifically about cat, but I believe if it was
> compiled with djgpp you cannot use the standard DOS
> redirection/piping.  Use the redir program that comes with djgpp
> instead.

I fail to see why that should be necessary. DJGPP compiled software is
just as redirectable as software compiled with anything else. Correct
me if I'm wrong, but redir is mainly there to allow you to redirect
stderr when you are using a shell under DOS that does not allow you to
do this.

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