Re: Can a REXX prog recognize redirection?

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From: Pat Mueller
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:11

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>Is there a way for a REXX program to recognize when stdin
>is being redirected from a file or pipe instead of being
>read from the keyboard?

What you're looking for is the rexx equivalent of the C API
DosQueryHType().  I don't know of one available from IBM.  It
wouldn't be too difficult to write a function DLL that implemented
one though (the toolkit has source for the REXXUTIL function package
you could use as a basis).

Patrick Mueller                  addr:  pmuellr@vnet.ibm.com
IBM Cary, North Carolina         phone: 919-469-7242

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From: pmuellr@vnet.ibm.com (Pat Mueller)
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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 11:11:29 EST
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