Bug#155536: ITP: pip -- make any program a filter

2002-08-06 Thread Stephen Zander
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

Bug#155536: ITP: pip -- make any program a filter

2002-08-05 Thread Sebastien J. Gross
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

Bug#155536: ITP: pip -- make any program a filter

2002-08-05 Thread Josselin Mouette
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 ? -- .''`.

Bug#155536: ITP: pip -- make any program a filter

2002-08-05 Thread Sebastien J . Gross
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 -

Bug#155536: ITP: pip -- make any program a filter

2002-08-05 Thread Sebastien J . Gross
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 -