>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Angus> I do fork. But first I build a script containing all the Angus> commands I need to go all the way from A to B which may involve Angus> many, many steps. I then run this shell script as a forked Angus> process. Seems a clean and logical way forward to me. And it's Angus> transparent, as the shell script can be printed to screen and Angus> the flaws in logic will just JUMP out at us! Moreover, it Angus> should be possible to enhance the shelll script so that even Angus> .tex -> .dvi conversions are done in this way (ie, parse the Angus> log file too). The reason I was asking is to be sure that other systems (cygwin, os/2 and mac os x) will run these scripts. But thinking it over, I think we are safe, since they run configure. JMarc
