Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!cica!burleigh
From: burleigh@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Frank Burleigh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Pipes in 4DOS shell don't work for me
Keywords: pipes 4dos command.com replacement
Message-ID: <90@cica.cica.indiana.edu>
Date: 8 Aug 89 20:54:05 GMT
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Organization: IU, Bloomington
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i don't understand something in the command.com replacement shell
4dos.com/4dos286.exe 2.21 w/ DOS 4.01: pipes don't seem to work
for me.  the result of an attempt to pipe is shown by this:

        C:\BIN>dir | more
        Access denied "C:/\p1.$$$\p1.$$$\p1.$$$"
        C:\BIN>dir | \bin\more
        Access denied "C:/\p1.$$$\p1.$$$\p1.$$$\p1.$$$"
        C:\BIN>

this is the result no matter what 'more' i use, DOS' or not.  in
this case the more is the one recently posted to c.b.i.p.

[the following may or may not be related.]

if i shell out of the running program, e.g., telix right now, i
will be dumped into command.com, as the secondary shell.

     C:\BIN>dir | more

     run-time error R6003
     - integer divide by 0

     C:\BIN>

however, 'dir | \bin\more' *does* work correctly.  (yes, \bin is
in the path).  running the system with straight DOS 4.01 works as
expected.

any ideas appreciated.

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