On 01 Nov 2002 08:40:20 -0800, Alexandre Julliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > Jaco Greeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 1. Calling the popen function returns a FILE* which needs to be > > converted to a MSVCRT_FILE*. The apprach taken here is potentially not > > the best route but the only one I could think of. Is it suffiecient? > > No, it's wrong. You should be using the Windows API (CreateProcess > etc.) not the Unix popen(). Then you can build a proper MSVCRT_FILE.
I was actually taking a re-look at that this afternoon. I agree, the initial reason for th implementation was obviously that _popen is supposed to mimic popen, but the file conversion leaves me feeling really uncomfortable. I'll fix it up and submit it shortly. Greetings, Jaco