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Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 19:44:41 +0000
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From: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: [opendos] Accessibility of OpenDOS with braille and speech output...
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In article <01IEZ2RZJTBC8ZMCGX AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>, Roger Ivie <IVIE AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>
writes
>       C:\> dir >booger.out
>
>I've picked dir because it's an internal command; a direct screen-writing
>COMMAND.COM can still provide I/O redirection for external commands in the
>normal manner. But for the internal commands, it will need to have _two_
>versions of the commands lying around so that there's one which can be
>redirected.

Not true.  You wouldn't need two versions of each command.  You'd only
need to have a conditional in the display function.

>Unless you're so hot for fast dirs that you're willing to toss output
>redirection, that is...

Nah.

DrDebug

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