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Subject: Re: Dealing with multiple scripting languages (was: Elinating t
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Date: 19 Aug 89 00:00:35 GMT
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In article <21387@cup.portal.com> FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois) writes:
[stuff removed about tricks with stderr and stdout]
>command line flag.  stack -l tells stack to skip the verbage and
>just output 'stack <bytes> <cr>'.

Better yet:
	Have things check IsInteractive(stdout);
	If it returns true, output stuff in the long format
	If it is false, output in easy to process format.

	Of couse, there should be switches to explicitly select either
	mode.

	Question: What does IsInteractive(pipehandle) return? 
REAL NAME: Joe Porkka   jap@frith.cl.msu.edu