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From: ingoldsb@ctycal.UUCP (Terry Ingoldsby)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Kermit output needs I/O redirected on CoCo 3
Keywords: Kermit, CoCo 3
Message-ID: <514@ctycal.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 90 19:38:34 GMT
Organization: The City of Calgary, Ab
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I use Kermit on my CoCo 3, but find an interesting quirk.  The
version of Kermit is one I compiled on my original CoCo under
OS9 level 1.  Under level 2, everything works fine except that
I have to start kermit with the command:

  kermit cl /M1 >/w7

where /w7 is the window I'm using.  If I don't redirect the
output then it goes nowhere.  I brought up level 2 OS9 with
a 32 column window and found that the output naturally
seems to end up at that window.

I've perused the kermit source and it seems to do open()
on file descriptors 0, 1 (which usually correspond to stdin
and stdout).  Obviously this is not the case with windows.  Code
compiled using fopen() works fine.  I haven't had a chance to
take a closer look at what is going on underneath (i.e. how
fopen relates to open.  Does anyone know what is happening
before I spend time taking the thing apart?


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