At 05:43 PM 06/08/2001, Ryan wrote: >Input and output have nothing to do with parent and child >relationship. A >pipe is a uni-directional communication medium. The parent uses the >input >side, because it accepts input. The child uses the output side, >because >it produces output. This confused the heck out of me for a couple minutes until I figured out that "it" refers to "side [of the pipe]", not "The parent" and "The child". "The parent uses the input side, because [the input side] takes input. The child uses the output side, because [the output side] produces output." :) -- Greg Marr [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We thought you were dead." "I was, but I'm better now." - Sheridan, "The Summoning"
