Xaizek wrote:
> > Why /hidden? The docs for "start" mention /b.
>
> I didn't notice that "start" has "/min" flag. You're right, "/b" must
> be used.
>
> > This needs to be properly documented, especially what commands can be
> > run this way and what happens if the command tries to read input anyway.
> > And verify this on different systems, especially Windows XP and Windows
> > 7.
>
> All programs can be run this way, even GUI applications by mistake
> (because it affects only console applications).
> If program tries to read input it will be hanging in the memory. This
> can be fixed by redirecting them to \\.\NUL, so program will get EOF
> on read and no error on write. I don't handle the situation when
> CreateFile can't open \\.\NUL, because I don't think it's necessary
> and I don't know what error message should be used.
> It has been tested on Windows XP and Windows 7, on both it works like
> described above.
>
> > For the diff, please use "diff -u" or "diff -c".
OK, it's getting better.
Documentation is still missing.
I would appreciate it if a few people can try it out. And especially
try to break it, what might go wrong.
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