Re: [Mingw-users] messages

[Michael Gerdau <mgerdau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > In other words:
> > writing "&" directly followed by a digit (or number) is a special
> > syntax to write to filehandles.
> 
> But this is *nix shell redirection syntax; IIRC, it may also be
> supported in cmd.exe, but it *doesn't* work in command.com, so if you
> are still using a version of Woe32, (9x, IIRC), which still uses that
> abomination as its native shell, then perhaps you should do yourself
> a favour, by installing and using MSYS.

This redirection used to work on OS/2 3.x and 4.x (can't remember 2.x).
It also worked on WinNT, W2K and WXP -- I still use it on WXP on those
not so common occasions when I'm forced to use that OS.

Best,
Michael
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