Re: Re[3]: [clisp-list] Separate Unix error stream keyword for ext:ru n-shell-command

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * In message <193...@ic...>
> * On the subject of "Re[3]: [clisp-list] Separate Unix error stream keyword for ext:ru n-shell-command"
> * Sent on Fri, 6 Jun 2003 11:02:46 +1000
> * Honorable Arseny Slobodjuck <am...@ic...> writes:
>
> FOREIGN-POINTER will introduce dependency on FFI!

nope. FOREIGN-POINTER depends on FOREIGN which is defined on UNIX,
AMIGA, and WIN32 (via DIR_KEY).

> > o I consider execxyz() a good thing, because it avoids tcl-style
> > madness (the quoting problem, also known to linguists) to some
> > extent. BTW, did you ever use find -o or -exec on UNIX?

> execxyz gives no way to redirect streams on windows, that's why we use
> CreateProcess (I think) and bearing with quoting.

I see.  this boils down to the effective absence of dup2() on woe32.
could you please find out how cygwin implements dup2?

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