Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!jackm@ardc From: jackm%ardc@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: file descriptors --> filenames Message-ID: <16849@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 09:03:20 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16849 Posted: Tue Feb 21 09:03:20 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 08:03:57 EST Lines: 7 From: Jack Moskowitz (PAD)If you need to pass the filenames to other programs that you exec() you can do this through the environment string. This allows the power of the unix multi-processing while still using the filename identifiers that yu may need. I realize that this is a little more than your request, however it may be of some use to you.