> This doesn't quite allow for the same possibilities as the original > Unix program seemed to, where you could do: > watch fig1.pic | pic | troff | page > instead of being limited to just one command. Can the problem of > open file descriptors be solved in rc while still giving a nice general > tool, or is it necessary to go to C? > > > John
sure it does. you could replace the $2 < $1 in the script with
rc -c $2<$1
then your command would be
watch fig1.pic 'pic|troff|page'
- erik
