From: Alex Crowther <mr_spod AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,alt.dos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Non Existant dos pipes ... where did they go ?
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 00:21:52 +0100
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Having recently install djgpp gcc along with all the supporting unix'ish
command
line clones (eg less, pwd, hostname, su etc etc), I have started writing
command
line dos utils for use in dos or bash for dos.

Basic problem is, I have found that all the machines at work dont seem
to
be able to pipe commands, for example, the command

"echo Wibble | more"

should output ...

"Wibble"

but instead I get

"Wibble | more"

The similar happens for all other pipe examples, eg

dir | awk '{ blar }'

results in | awk being bad arguments to dir.

Is this because the pipe symbol is no longer "|" because a poticular
version of
W98 changes the pipe symbol, or has I got the wrong keyboard mapping
install ???

Any other ideas why non of the machines at work (all installed from the
same disc)
wont accept the existance of pipes ....

Any help would be usefull.

One last thing, is there a windows libary for gcc so I can write
graphical windows
apps ???

Evil Coder.

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