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From: rbj@dsys.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: What \"isatty\"?
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Date: 25 May 89 16:29:49 GMT
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? From: Chris Torek <chris@mimsy.uucp>

? In article <2421@Portia.Stanford.EDU> joe@hanauma (Joe Dellinger) writes:
? >	I have a graphics driver program which has 2 basic behaviours.
? >If you do
? >	pspen < plot.data > file
? >it writes postscript code to "file". If you do
? >	pspen < plot.data
? >it spools the postscript for you.

? Yuck.

? Programs that produce output should produce the output to stdout.

I agree completely, Chris. Now get cracking on `cc', so that
`cc prog.c' writes to stdout instead of `a.out' :-)

? In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163)
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