Tue, 14 Nov 2006, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On 2006-11-14 15:33, Theo v. Werkhoven wrote: > > $ mkfifo sig > > > > $ l sig > > prw-r--r-- 1 theo users 0 Nov 14 22:29 sig| > > > > $ while [ 1 ];do uptime >sig;done & > > > > $ read sigline < sig > > > > $ echo $sigline > > > OK, but that is hardly useful in the context of this thread. Since I > cannot simply tell Mozilla/Seamonkey/Thunderbird to insert the result of > running uptime, I can hardly tell it to execute "read sigline".
I thought the questioneer's problem was that he didn't know how to use FIFos. That was what my answer was for. > The end result must be a file, and I do not know if a named pipe > qualifies as a file in mozilla's language. If it does, then I can just > insert "sig" as the signature file, but I am not prepared to go through > the exercise. I will leave that to Hylton, if he is interested. So will I. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 9.2 + Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kernel 2.6.8 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
