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+/*
+** ERRFIX.C - redirect stderr to some other file under MS-DOS
+**
+** by Bob Jarvis
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <process.h>
+
+char *usage = "ERRFIX [filename] [prog] { {parm1} {parm2} ... {parmN} }\n"
+              "   Redirects stderr to another file, then invokes a program\n"
+              "   which will inherit the new definition of stderr.\n\n"
+              "Parameters:\n"
+              "   filename (required) - the name of the file stderr should\n"
+              "      be redirected to.  Output written to stderr will\n"
+              "      be routed to this file instead of the console.\n"
+              "   prog (required) - name of the program to be run.\n"
+              "   parm1...parmN (optional) - command-line parameters needed\n"
+              "      to run the program specified by the 'prog' argument.";
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+      char **args = argv;
+
+      if (3 > argc)
+      {
+            printf(usage);
+            return 1;
+      }
+
+      if (NULL != argv[argc]) /* may be a problem under some compilers */
+      {
+            args = malloc((argc+1) * sizeof(char *));
+            if (NULL == args)
+            {
+                  printf("Unable to allocate storage");
+                  return 2;
+            }
+
+            memcpy(args, argv, argc * sizeof(char *));
+
+            args[argc] = NULL;
+      }
+
+      freopen(args[1], "w", stderr);
+
+      spawnvp(0, args[2], &args[2]);
+
+      return 0;
+}