Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 08:40:09 +0200
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Subject: Re: Can I query the WWW from a DJGPP program?
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> From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 02:49:35 GMT
> 
> I'm using a temporary file instead of a popen() because Lynx on the
> PATH is most likely a Win32 build, and AFAIK popen() has problems
> between DOS and Win32 programs (i.e. across virtual machines).

Actually, there's no problem with redirection and popen when a DJGPP
program invokes a Windows console application, like in this case.
For example, I'm using a Windows command-line mail utility to write
my mail, including this one, invoking it from a DJGPP-compiled Emacs;
see the headers of this message for details.

The problems happen in the opposite case: when some careless Windows
programs invoke DJGPP programs.