amiga help
Keir,
I never use Pipe: myself, as I find it extremely awkward in its
implementation. However, at least one of the tools that I use all the time
uses it (RCS) internally, so I have it mounted on my system. Personally, I
much prefer to use the 'pipe' capabilities provided by ConMan – a shareware
console-replacement written by Bill Hawes, the author of ARexx and WShell.
The main difference (for me) is that Pip:, when running WShell (which I
also use and recommend), acts as I "expect" a pipe to work – I can just
enter the command "prog1 | prog2" to connect the two programs, piping the
standard output of the first program to the standard input of the second.
Using CBM's device, I'd have to enter the two commands: "prog1
>pipe:file1", followed by "prog2 <pipe:file1". Both approaches work, but I
prefer the former.
…BobR