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From: healy@nrl-cmf.UUCP (Liam Healy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Using PIPE: device
Keywords: PIPE:
Message-ID: <167@nrl-cmf.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 89 22:14:55 GMT
Organization: NRL Connection Machine Facility, Washington, DC
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I am having trouble using the PIPE: device.
I am writing a file in DME, and I want to feed the finished
file into Proff.  So, I saveas PIPE:a, go to a CLI, and then
run proff PIPE:a foo.fmt.  No output, DME locks up.  So I do it
the other way around, i.e., run proff first then save from DME.
A little better this time ... I get a file foo.fmt, but it is
empty.  Am I doing something stupid?  By the way, I can use the
PIPE: device without problems with e.g.
  run copy file PIPE:a
  proff PIPE:a foo.fmt
but that defeats the idea of a pipe.
Thanks for the help.

Liam Healy, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC  20375 USA
healy@cmsun.nrl.navy.mil     (202) 767-2851