Subj : redirection of stdout.
To   : Winston Smith
From : Jasen Betts
Date : Thu Mar 21 2002 10:16 pm

Hi Winston.

20-Mar-02 11:01:43, Winston Smith wrote to Jasen Betts


 WS> RE: redirection of stdout. BY: Jasen Betts to All on Sun Mar 17
 WS> 2002 16:43:09

  >> (4dos/msdos:)  is there a way (using 4dos) to detect from inside a
  >> batch file if stdout has been redirected (to a file/pipe).
 WS> Under MS-DOS using a pipe creates a temporary file in your
 WS> designated temporary directory that uses three dollar/currency
 WS> signs as a naming convention. It would be fairly easy to scan for
 WS> that.

so how do I access the name?

 WS> I am not sure how 4DOS handles output redirection.  I think
 WS> that it can redirect Standard Error?

 (probably dup2 / int21,46) like every other application...

I've got a little assembler prog than can detect if stdout is going into a
file, I just wondered if 4dos can do that too.

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