Emacs reading from a named pipe?

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From: Russell Street
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:32

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How can I get emacs (18.55) to read from a named pipe (using
Insert-File)?  When I try the process that the other end of the just
pipe gets killed and I get no data from it.  (I do get data when I 'cat'
the pipe, however.)

Thanks for any help...
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Russell Street                     r.street@auckland.ac.nz 
"Baldrick, I believe the phrase rhymes with 'clucking bell'."
        -- Edmund Blackadder

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From: russells@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell Street)
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Subject: Emacs reading from a named pipe?
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Date: 25 Jan 93 04:32:31 GMT
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