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From: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Pipes and Filters in HC
Message-ID: <4597@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 27 Nov 88 00:01:06 GMT
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Reply-To: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <799@atux01.UUCP> jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore) writes:
>I need to know is there ANY way to, in essence, "pipe" (as UNIX does) one
>command to another (i.e., use the output of one operation as the input to
>another)?

I've long thought that the HC interface is ideal for putting a set of
data (i'm thinking of a conventional file of rows with columns) through
various tools that would perform quasi-DBMS like functions.  You could
drag around icons (buttons) for each tool, and connect them up with
"pipes."  If you know how to program on the Mac, you could take existing
source code of filters written for unix or dos, and turn them into
XCMDS.  The command line parameters could be entered in a dialog box.

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                                               - Scott