Re: lua system interaction on win

[Martin Spernau <martin@...>]

> Were you referring to the interpreter recompiled with the special > 
defines for Windows pipes?

yes, I was referring to the pipe-enabled version.

> On Windows 98 first edition, typing the following in the Lua interpreter
> (without recompilation):
>
>   readfrom('|dir')
>   a=read()
>
> reads from the keyboard. Same if I enter the above code from the command
> line after -e.

apperently what happens here is that readfrom('|dir') actually _doesn't_ 
reset the _INPUT to anything new (it stays STDIN = keyboard)

try
> print(readfrom("|dir /b"))
nil     No error        0
(the call simply fails)
while it should actually output something like
userdata(6): 004239A8
which would be a 'filehandle'

-Martin