I raised this question a couple of weeks ago, but I'd like to see whether I can
get more help in understanding the issue.

We have a third-party product that requires many, many key strokes for
configuration, yet the configuration program cannot handle the input from a
file. The vendor reports that there an issue relating to how C and MPE/iX
interact. As this is the first program I have encountered that will not accept
input redirected from a file, this state of affairs is most surprising (and
downright inconvenient, I might add -- and that my cleansed way of putting it).

I have to believe that we have other C programs that do not have the problem of
redirected input from a file.

So the question is: Is there a way that a C program was could be purposely or
carelessly written to impede redirected input from a file? Or is there something
that the devloper might change so that the program could accept redirected input
from a file.

Thank you.
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Leonard S. Berkowitz
Perot Health Care Systems
(Harvard Pilgrim Health Care account)
voice: 617-509-1212
fax:   617-509-3737
pager: 781-226-2431

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