Short: device, simulates output of prg as file Author: muellerg@informatik.tu-muenchen.de Uploader: maurer informatik tu-muenchen de Type: util/cli Architecture: m68k-amigaos TYPE util/cli NAME BlaDevice - small device that simulates the output of a file as a file SYNOPSIS "Bla:" DESCRIPTION BlaDevice is a small device that simulates the output of a program as a true file. Examples: type "bla:dir ram:" sort "bla: list ram: dirs lformat %N" to ram:y If you want to use arguements with '"', you can use *", e.g.: sort "bla:list ram: dirs lformat *"(DIR) %N*"" to ram:y Bla-device executes the given command asyncronly with the given parameters. The output of the command is linked to PIPE:. This file is used to satisfy the read commands of the program that uses BLA:. If the using command closes the file before all data is read, BLA reads as much as it can read before it closeses the PIPE: file. The following AmigaDos packets are supported: ACTION_FINDOUTPUT ACTION_FINDUPDATE ACTION_READ ACTION_END ACTION_DIE USAGE "Bla:" BUGS none known (yet) VERSION 1.0 - initial release COPYRIGHT BLA-device is full PD. You can do with it what you want. Bla device is "as is", THERE IS NO WARRANTY AT ALL. etc. etc. BACKGROUND BLA device was written mainly because the Amiga shell has no real piping. With BLA a lot of tempory files can be made obsolete, and the length of the temporary file is not limited. AUTHOR Gerhard Müller (internet: muellerg@informatik.tu-muenchen.de Fido : Gerhard Mueller @ 2:2480/3508.38 Z-Netz : GANDALF@AMC.ZER) Klarweinstr. 32 81247 München GERMANY