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From: mackeown@CompSci.Bristol.AC.UK (W. Mackeown)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: How do you get *unbuffered* pipeline I/O from sys commands
Message-ID: <1320@csisles.Bristol.AC.UK>
Date: 2 Feb 90 13:24:09 GMT
Reply-To: mackeown@csisles.UUCP (W. Mackeown)
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, University of Bristol, UK.
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Does anyone know if it is possible to force SunOS v4.0.1 Unix on Sun 3/50's
to do unbuffered pipeline I/O ?  What is wanted is a way to make system
commands send their output through a pipe in unbuffered form, ie. a single
character at a time. "stty +cbreak" obviously won't accomplish this.

Any ideas/suggestions welcomed. Thanks.

William Mackeown
mackeown@compsci.bristol.ac.uk