Re: win2k, service, pg_ctl, popen, etc

Claudio Natoli wrote:
>
> > It all happens in exec.c.  The test is simple in Unix.  If it isn't
> > simple in Win32, then we need to work harder to make it happen.
>
> Are we amenable to replacing this popen call with one to CreateProcess with
> i/o handles redirected (as per the STARTUPINFO argument), or do we want to
> concentrate on a common *nix/win32 solution?

I think CreateProcess() is fine.  I can't think of another way to do it.
At least it will be isolated in exec.c.

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