adam@npois.UUCP (Adam V. Reed) (07/22/85)
HoneyDanBer UUCP and related stuff, including cu, were recently installed on our system. In trying out the HDB cu, I found that it includes the undocumented but very useful tilda escape ~+command which causes the command to be run locally with standard output to AND STANDARD INPUT FROM the remote system. In order to give exclusive use of the output of the remote to the standard input of the command, the receive process of cu is suspended for the duration. I first invented and implemented this option on Dale DeJager's machine in Lincroft two years ago, because I needed to run tests of UMODEM and other bidirectional upload/download commands under cu. Another use of this option is to run local scripts that interact with the remote shell. I am happy to see this option making it out to the world. Use and enjoy. Adam Reed AT&T Information Systems ihnp4!npois!adam