-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Garrett. It occurred to me to type "man fifo" after I had my second cup of coffee, and see what I got. Greg On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 04:11:45PM -0500, Garrett Klein wrote: > 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. > - -- 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC1aK47s9z/XlyUyARAmPPAJ0R2oEVdSUmaKBR6SbeaemA+RiigwCdFe+x vO6pmiLjh+u1kV7EKFd0RTU= =oWpc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----