-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Greg, $mkfifo foo $mplayer -o foo #or whatever the switch is for output... $program2 foo #both ends of the pipe must be open before the data is sent. The second command should be run from another console since mplayer will block trying to write to a half-opened pipe. HTH. On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 12:34:19PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Forgive my ignorance, but how does one use a file which is a fifo? > Thanks. > > Greg > > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 06:45:10AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Have you tried directing mplayer's output to a file which is a fifo? > > > > I'm no expert on fifos by any means, but this sounds like the classic > > application of named pipes. > > > > -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC1YORpyN96jH+4g0RAzu4AJwMVEWESzWa19j93zEOEKOeELjyJwCgvUhw poXoXhcXzPY5u068x02ni28= =SvSb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
