spawn* under xenix->msdos c compiler

[Earl H. Kinmonth]

GENERAL QUESTION:

Where, if anywhere, can I get a list of known bugs in the
XENIX-MSDOS C cross compiler.  (At the risk of appearing cynical,
I would settle for a list of routines and constructs that work
precisely as documented since this might be smaller than the bug
list!)

SPECIFIC QUESTION:

Is the spawn* group of commands in the XENIX-MSDOS cross compiler
buggy?

I have a routine that uses

spawnlp(0,shell,shell,flc,cmd,NULL);

Where

shell = "c:/bin/sh.exe";
flc = "-c";

and "cmd" is supplied by the calling routine.  When I compile
this under XENIX-MSDOS, I get a message from the MKS Toolkit
shell (c:/bin/sh.exe) that no command follows the "-c" option.
This does NOT happen when I use the spawn* routine supplied with
TURBOC.  It DOES happen when is use Quick-C under MSDOS.  This
leads me to believe they both share the same brain-damaged code.
(PS:  Of course, I've inserted print statements to check that
"cmd" is actually a command string.)

BONUS QUESTION:

Can I extract items from the Quick-C library such as _fmalloc()
or the graphics routines and combine them (XENIX-side) with the
libraries supplied with the XENIX->MSDOS cross compiler.  (Yes,
Virginia, I know enough to pull the routines referenced by any
particular routine I pull.)

E H. Kinmonth Hist. Dept.  Univ. of Ca., Davis Davis, Ca. 95616
916-752-1636/0776

Disclaimer:  I'm a[n] historian!  What the hell do I know about
programming?

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