Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!necntc!dandelion!ulowell!page From: page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: WSHell & Pipes (was Current Directory in Titlebar) Message-ID: <2295@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> Date: 29 Dec 87 20:38:33 GMT References: <6359@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <2277@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> <1327@sugar.UUCP> Reply-To: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) Organization: University of Lowell, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 12 peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) wrote: >Why would [WSHell] pipes require you to be running conman? PIPE: is >a completely seperate device... conman (the handler) is also a pipe handler. Since that's what Bill's most comfortable with, that's what he used. You can still use PIPE: for named pipes, of course. ..Bob -- Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept. page@ulowell.edu ulowell!page "I've never liked reality all that much, but I haven't found a better solution." --Dave Haynie, Commodore-Amiga