> I have some working XPCOM code that implements exactly this feature
> (among other things). I hope to post the code in some public place
> within a week or two. Basically the code implements an
> nsIPipeTransport interface, similar to the nsISocketTransport
> interface in Necko. It allows you to open a pipe (or TCP socketpair)
> to any execute any command, send input data and receive the output
> back. If there is interest, and approval, the code could be
> incorporated into the Mozilla source tree at some point.
>
> Saravanan
Ah, you are the man! Dude lets get this into mozdev.
Dave isn't in yet so i'll set up a project now.
--pete