Re: dos console output

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From: John Gibney
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 13:46

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In a message originally to All, homer@theory.tc.cornell.edu says:

 Ho> I am using fortran CALL FSYSTEM ('DOS COMMAND')
 Ho> to run various dos commands like MKDIR etc.  How do I get
 Ho> DOS to NOT write to the console during such operations, the
 Ho> console will be used for graphics application.  
 Ho> 
 Ho> For example if you copy a file, it always says '1 file copied.'

Uhmm...  have you tried:-

        CALL FSYSTEM ('mkdir MYDIR > nul')

Any output from the spawned command should end up in the NUL
device... at least, that's what happens when I do things at
the DOS prompt.


John  :-)
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