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From: crs@cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (I'm a programmer, not a Doctor!!) Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ARP Bits & Pieces
Keywords: ARP PIP Handler
Message-ID: <2334@cpsc6a.att.com>
Date: 8 Sep 89 20:06:18 GMT
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Organization: AT&T (CPSC), Oakland, CA
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dbl@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (David Lawson) writes:
< 
< Recently I got the ARP 1.3 Distribution which included (among ohter
< things) AShell.  I like AShell and would really like to use it to the
< fullest but, alas,where can I find the PIP: Handler that is needed to do
< pipes.  Some more docs would be nice too and the programmers stuff but
< lets start with PIP:.  Can anyone direct me to PIP:????

PIP: is part of the distribution of ConMan version 1.3, which is available
on one of the fish disks (somewhere around the 160's or 170's), and is also
on many local BBS systems, not to mention being available as part of
the ARexx and WShell distribution sets.

< Another little question, I am not trying to flame anyone but, why must
< everyshell use its own pipe handler, 1.3 has been out long enough to be
< recognized as a standard and its pipe handler seems to work ok.

The PIPE: device from 1.3 is a NAMED pipe handler.  PIP: is an UNNAMED
pipe handler.  It can do a lot of things (such as dir | less) that PIPE:
can't do.

<     Thanks in advance for any info on PIP:.
< 
<     Dave Lawson
< 
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