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From: STODGHIP@DICKINSN.BITNET ("Jam Fan ", Stodghill, Paul)
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Subject: Redirection of IO...
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Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 17:46:46 EDT
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I have a question for all the VMS gods out there. How do I do this,

        $ define/user sys$input input.dat
        $ define/user sys$output output.dat
        $ run the_program

within a program (.EXE as opposed to .COM). The following call will not work

        LIB$SPAWN('run the_program','input.dat','output.dat',...)

because after executing 'run the_program' LIB$SPAWN tries to execute INPUT.DAT
I'm working on a program to do general redirection of IO and this problem has
me at a stand still. Could someone help me?

                                        -- Paul Stodghill
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