From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: cprinf REdirected
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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 16:06:40 GMT
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 04:04:57 -0400, Radical NetSurfer
<radsmail AT juno DOT com> wrote:

>'cprintf' delivers TEXT to a DOS TEXT-mode screen,
>with the __addition__ of supporting TEXT-attributes for setting
>color/etc. 
>
>First of all, (trust me here):
>    cprintf    CAN BE re-directed; _IF_ properly implemented!
>
>DOES ANYONE understand what the DJGPP DOC's are
>trying to say about this issue?  Re-directing text in    cprintf
>to a file/etc as plain ASCII text, as opposed to displaying the
>text with attribute (background/foreground color) when simply going to
>the screen ??   DJGPP DOC's say its possible using the higher-oder
>system level modifications... HOW IS THIS DONE PLEASE?

isatty(), a POSIX function, helps the program determine whether stdout
is a file or a display.

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