Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!uhnix1!sugar!peter
From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Devices in general
Keywords: devices speak 1.3 1.4
Message-ID: <3046@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 4 Dec 88 05:18:06 GMT
References: <5015@garfield.MUN.EDU> <1086@teorix.liu.se>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX
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In article <1086@teorix.liu.se>, dat01@teorix.liu.se (Dat) writes:
> What I would like to do is use the devices as some kind of pipes.

Better would be some real pipes and better tools. Some things make sense
as devices, and some things make more sense as tools. Relatively large
programs like arc and zoo fit into the latter category.

I want a good korn shell for the Amiga. csh is a crummy programming language.

>    saveas CRYPT:ZOO:MSDOS:file

crypt file | zoo create MSDOS:file.zoo input "file"

Or if you can't fix zoo:

crypt file >PIPE:file & zoo -add MSDOS:file.zoo PIPE:file

>   copy from ARC:MSDOS:file.arc to ZOO:DH0:file.zoo

for i in `arc t MSDOS:file.arc`
do
	arc p MSDOS:file.arc $i >PIPE:file &
		zoo -add DH0:file.zoo PIPE:file
done

I routinely do stuff like this in UNIX. It's a pity the Amiga pipe
devices don't work quite right for this application.
-- 
		    Peter da Silva  `-_-'  peter@sugar.uu.net
		     Have you hugged  U  your wolf today?

	          Disclaimer: My typos are my own damn busines#!rne