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From: hammond@cs.albany.edu (William F Hammond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Flushing pipe:
Keywords: Can it be done? How?
Message-ID: <292@karp.albany.edu>
Date: 25 Jan 91 03:38:06 GMT
Organization: Dept of Math & Stat, SUNYA, Albany, NY
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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.
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William F. Hammond                   Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics
518-442-4625                         SUNYA, Albany, NY 12222
hammond@leah.albany.edu              wfh58@albnyvms.bitnet
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