From: eglebbk AT dds DOT nl (Evert Glebbeek)
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Subject: Re: cprinf REdirected
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 From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
 On 19 Jul 2000 11:36:52 GMT

>Radical NetSurfer <radsmail AT juno DOT com> wrote:
>> |> First of all, (trust me here):
>> |>     cprintf    CAN BE re-directed; _IF_ properly implemented!
>
>> | Says who? Who defines 'proper' implementation of cprintf()?
>
>> As one small example, VBDOS 1.0 allows     cprintf   to be redirected:
>> colored text if no re-dir; normal ASCII chars to wherever re-dired.
>
>What's VBDOS? A compiler for C programs? Another programming language?
>An application? How does it document its implementation of 'cprintf'?
AFAIK, VBDOS is Visual BASIC for DOS. IIRC, redirection of terminal
output to a file from a (Quick)BASIC program always works. Anyway,
this is OT here.