1. I/O Redirection
Tim,
> As I said, I want to write a program which writes to the screen.
> I know that if output is not redirected using fileno 1 (which is
> the file number for standard output) will write to the screen. What I
> am trying to do is to write to the screen EVEN IF output is
> redirected. I am trying to do this by use open() to open a fileno
> on device "CON".
Try this :-
puts(1,"Standard Output \n")
puts(2,"Standard Error \n")
The error channel always prints to screen even if Standard Output is
re-directed, it is a lot easier than poking the video memory.
Regards - Peter