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From: ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET (Julian Reschke)
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Subject: Re:  TOS io redirection bugs
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Date: 6 Feb 90 08:02:50 GMT
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In article <1990Jan22.173721.12285@stag.UUCP> Dale Schumacher writes:

> On a related point, there has been some movement to correct a long-standing
> inconvenience in TOS regarding stderr.  Handle 2 is connected to the AUX
> port by default, but I support it's use as a redirectable stderr.  To
> force this to work properly, C start-up code should check to see if handle
> 2 is a tty.  If is IS, then Fforce() it to -1 to attach it to the console.
> This is harmless if it already IS attached to the console, and makes sure
> you don't confuse your serial i/o device if it's still attached to AUX.
> If handle 2 IS NOT a tty, leave it alone, since that should indicated that
> someone has redirected it.

But this will fail if you try to redirect handle 2 to PRN:! Correct me if
I'm wrong...

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