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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:58:01 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: PBM Utilities
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> > There's also the additional complication that most PBM
> > utilities need their stdout and stdin in binary mode. I'm not sure 
> > the command/c method preserves this across the '|', off hand.
> 
> I'm afraid I don't follow.  First, the binary mode is something that only 
> exists at the application level; DOS itself doesn't know anything about 
> it (it's the library which implements the distinction).  

Well, it's DOS's command.com emulating the '|' by a temporary file. And
there are three instances of command.com participating in a command line
like

	command /c bat1.bat | command /c bat2.bat

(the one running the prompt, and the two explicitly started)

> If that's what happens, I don't see why do you need to
> worry about peserving the binary mode across applications.

I don't _know_ I need to. But neither am I sure I don't. I'd have to
experiment, but I don't have a DOS system at hand.

Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.