Bug#155536: ITP: pip -- make any program a filter
Sebastien == Sebastien J Gross Sebastien writes: Sebastien Yes in some case you need a pipe-like command. Using Sebastien std(in|out) does not allow you to pipe any data to a Sebastien program. Sebastien Pip allow users to do that. So does cmd1 /dev/fd/1 | cmd2 /dev/fd/0. Why do we need a package for this? -- Stephen You will be a large breasted porno star in your next life - Chinese Fortune Cookie
Bug#155536: ITP: pip -- make any program a filter
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2002-08-05 Severity: wishlist * Package name: pip Version : 0.2.2 Upstream Author : Ed Avis [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~epa98/work/apps/pip/ * License : Other Free license Description : make any program a filter License: The above files are in the public domain. This means there are no copyright restrictions, you may do what you wish with them. Of course, giving credit would be appeciated (but not required). They are offered as-is with no warranty whatsoever Description: Wrapper for silly programs that insist on reading from / writing to files instead of using stdin and stdout. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux shiva 2.4.18 #1 Mon Jul 22 10:53:53 CEST 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C -- no debconf information
Bug#155536: ITP: pip -- make any program a filter
Sebastien J. Gross a écrit : Description: Wrapper for silly programs that insist on reading from / writing to files instead of using stdin and stdout. Could you explain what are the advantages of this software over the usual /dev/stdin - /dev/stdout solution ? -- .''`. Josselin Mouette/\./\ : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `'[EMAIL PROTECTED] `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom
Bug#155536: ITP: pip -- make any program a filter
Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sebastien J. Gross a écrit : Description: Wrapper for silly programs that insist on reading from / writing to files instead of using stdin and stdout. Could you explain what are the advantages of this software over the usual /dev/stdin - /dev/stdout solution ? Yes in some case you need a pipe-like command. Using std(in|out) does not allow you to pipe any data to a program. Pip allow users to do that. -- Sebastien J. Gross| Debian GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.debian.org GPG: 1024g/AF0DDC9A AB35 1FFB 1268 56C0 452B 302E 2A25 8421 53BB A490
Bug#155536: ITP: pip -- make any program a filter
Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sebastien J. Gross a écrit : Description: Wrapper for silly programs that insist on reading from / writing to files instead of using stdin and stdout. Could you explain what are the advantages of this software over the usual /dev/stdin - /dev/stdout solution ? -- .''`. Josselin Mouette/\./\ : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `'[EMAIL PROTECTED] `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom -- Sebastien J. Gross Je suis maintenant possesseur d'un ordinateur portable Compaq Armada 1592DT avec port infra-rouge. Auriez-vous connaissance de programmes suceptibles d'utiliser ce port afin de servir de telecommande?
