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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: A problem with MPW....
Message-ID: <34167@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Aug 89 04:22:43 GMT
References: <13644@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <15076@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <13653@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
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In article <13653@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) writes:
>earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) writes:
>>     Show the computer who's boss (you) by defining your own pipe
>>file.  Use a unique name for the file, and remember to delete it when
>>done if you don't want it hanging around.
>
>  Again I thank Mr. Horton for taking the time to respond, now I'm wondering
>why this "bug" is in translate, has anyone else found a similar bug in
>any of the other MPW tools??

Obligatory "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Actually, more of a poorly
documented limitation. If I recall the circumstances correctly, you are trying
to use the same Pipe file at the same time (ie, using a pipe command withing
the single backquotes). This, MPW cannot do.

I may have some of the problem mixed up, but I think that's the jist/gyst/what-
ever of it. Even so, I've only seen it happen in conjunction with the 
translate tool (though I've never tried it with any other).

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