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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Inter-machine networking on System V
Message-ID: <7666@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 9 Feb 89 05:51:01 GMT
References: <446@thirdi.UUCP> <11181@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <9598@smoke.BRL.MIL> <7645@chinet.chi.il.us> <9605@smoke.BRL.MIL>
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In article <9605@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:
[re: remsh/rsh]
 >It would provide whatever the underlying command used for stdout/stderr.
 >If they're coupled together (really stupid, but unfortunately likely),
 >then they would stay that way.  Actually if the far end (slave) and near
 >end (master) share a suitable protocol you can use channelized packets to
 >multiplex/demultiplex the streams, but that's getting a bit more complex
 >than what I had in mind.

Would you multiplex a single stream in user code otherwise or open
two virtual circuits?  Does this require a process per stream at the
remote end?  What about file descriptors > 2?  

Les Mikesell