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echo: os2prog
to: RUDY OPPERS
from: KEIICHI NAKASATO
date: 1995-03-25 06:28:00
subject: linking output to input?

On 03-20-95 RUDY OPPERS wrote to ALL... 
 
 RO> Hello All, 
 RO>  
 RO> Does anyone know if it is possible to hook the input and output from 
 RO> one 
 RO> program to the output and input from an other program?   Maybe with a 
 RO> pipe or 
 RO> something like that? 
 RO> I am new to OS/2 programming (MS-DOS and Amiga untill now :), so I 
 RO> don't know 
 RO> much about it... 
 RO>  
 RO> I want to use the output from a text-based OS/2 program as input for a 
 RO> PM-oriented program and vice-versa.... 
 
Simplest way is BAT or CMD file with |.  It is available in DOS/OS2/Unix 
but not too sure cross platform though.  Even then you can just 
create a temp file. ie. 
 
first | second | third 
 
first >temp1 
second temp2 
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