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Article #5138Re: ASyncRun() doesn't work with pipe:xxx!
From: Allan Duncan
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 1990 23:30
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 1990 23:30
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From article <13920086@hpfelg.HP.COM>, by koren@hpfelg.HP.COM (Steve Koren):
>
> Here's a question for all you tech types.
>
> Why doesn't Arp's ASyncRun() call like AmigaDos pipes?
...
> Whatever this problem is, it is effectively stopping real pipes from
> ever appearing in SKsh. I will not use conman pipes, and in AmigaDos
> 1.3 ASyncRun() is the only practical means of executing commands in
> the background. I don't want to wait for 2.0 to get real pipes
> working, but I might have to.
I won't try and answer the original question (in part 'cause I haven't
looked at it in detail), but rather ask Steve _why_ he won't use Conman
pip: device? I find that it works well, and _is_ a real pipe c/f pipe:
which is just a kludge.
Allan Duncan ACSnet a.duncan@trl.oz
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!munnari.oz.au!bruce!trlluna!rhea.trl.oz.au!aduncan From: aduncan@rhea.trl.oz.au (Allan Duncan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: ASyncRun() doesn't work with pipe:xxx! Message-ID: <2156@trlluna.trl.oz> Date: 3 Sep 90 23:30:23 GMT References: <13920086@hpfelg.HP.COM> Sender: news@trlluna.trl.oz Lines: 21