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Article #6456Re: Normal MSDOS multitasking!
From: Ib Højme
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 07:42
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 07:42
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cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (Chris) writes: > Apparantly MSDOS multitasks with the use of the pipe "|". Is this >true? How does the | really work? For example: "type this.txt | more" >has 'type' and 'more' being ran simultaneously (apparantly). How is >this so? >-- No way. What happens is this : The command before the "|" is started with output redirected to a file. When this command terminates, the command after the "|" is started with input redirected from the file ! So no multi-tasking at all. Regards Ib | | Ib Hojme | | | | Euromax | __| __| __ | Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Vejle branch, Denmark | / |/ |/__> | Telephone: Int +45 75 72 26 00 | \__/\__/\__ | Fax: Int +45 75 72 27 76 | | E-mail: ibh@dde.dk
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!dkuug!dde!ibh From: ibh@dde.dk (Ib Højme) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Normal MSDOS multitasking! Message-ID: <1992Dec15.074243.10361@dde.dk> Date: 15 Dec 92 07:42:43 GMT References: <1ghb1vINNccb@ub.d.umn.edu> Organization: Dansk Data Elektronik A/S Lines: 26