That code is only run after a fork.  On os2 and win32, the
spawn_with_handles code is run instead of fork'ing.

John

On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 01:57:26PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> Joe Schell wrote:
> > I couldn't be sure.  I just looked at it briefly and many 
> > code segments like this
> > 
> >     xopen \*STDERR, ">&" . fileno $dad_err
> > 
> > seems to suggest that it might be relying on operating system 
> > redirection that Win 9x doesn't have.
> 
> No, that's Perl syntax. See `perldoc -f open`. You can use >& and <& (and
> friends) to open files from file descriptors or file handles.
> 
> Cheers,
> Philip
> 
> ---
> You are currently subscribed to perl-win32-users as: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To unsubscribe, forward this message to
>          [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For non-automated Mailing List support, send email to  
>          [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

---
You are currently subscribed to perl-win32-users as: [archive@jab.org]
To unsubscribe, forward this message to
         [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For non-automated Mailing List support, send email to  
         [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to