[GRASS5] GRASS for Windows

[Glynn Clements]

Radim Blazek wrote:

> There is no user interface and not all modules compile/run,
> the work is in progress. Vector modules from CVS do not compile
> but with few changes I was able to compile and run also vectors but
> without attributes (missing fork()).

This would be a good point to make a concerted effort to decide upon a
common interface for spawning child processes.

I have done some work on this, in lib/gis/spawn.c, but it is currently
untested, non-portable, and nothing uses it.

It would be useful if someone with access to a Windows development
environment could attempt to implement G_spawn[_ex] on Windows and let
me know which bits are problematic (signal handling?).

Let me know if you need any information about what those functions are
supposed to do.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>