Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 13:46:18 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer" <k3040e4 AT wildsau DOT idv-edu DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at>
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Subject: Re: stderr + popen()
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On 12 Aug 1997, Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer wrote:

> Redirecting stderr to stdout (via `dup2') and then calling
> popen() doesn't give the expected results, because stdout
> is dup2'ed again inside popen.
> 
> Can someone give a workaround for this problem ?

AFAIK, `popen' is not a good idea when you need to redirect `stderr'
as well as `stdout'.  I suggest you to redirect `stdout' and `stderr'
yourself, then call `system'.