hammond@cs.albany.edu (William F Hammond) (01/25/91)
Question: If I have in a shell type < PIPE:aa > speak: and in *another* shell myprogram > PIPE:aa are there any "control" codes that "myprogram" can send to the named pipe to force immediate output to "speak:" *without* breaking the connection? Is PIPE: documented anywhere other than in the 1.3 Enhancer Manual? Please reply by email to: hammond@leah.albany.edu . I do not always have the time to read here. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- William F. Hammond Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics 518-442-4625 SUNYA, Albany, NY 12222 hammond@leah.albany.edu wfh58@albnyvms.bitnet ----------------------------------------------------------------------
rsbx@cbmvax.commodore.com (Raymond S. Brand) (01/26/91)
In article <292@karp.albany.edu>, hammond@cs.albany.edu (William F Hammond) writes: > Question: > If I have in a shell > > type < PIPE:aa > speak: > > and in *another* shell > > myprogram > PIPE:aa > > are there any "control" codes that "myprogram" can send to the named > pipe to force immediate output to "speak:" *without* breaking the connection? Make sure that "myprogram" flushes its output to the pipe. The PIPE: device responds to each read packet by returning whatever is currently "in the pipe" (or less for small reads). rsbx > William F. Hammond Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics > 518-442-4625 SUNYA, Albany, NY 12222 > hammond@leah.albany.edu wfh58@albnyvms.bitnet ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Raymond S. Brand rsbx@cbmvax.commodore.com Commodore-Amiga Engineering ...!uunet!cbmvax!rsbx 1200 Wilson Drive (215)-431-9100 West Chester PA 19380 "Looking" ------------------------------------------------------------------------