Short:    Using stdin/stdout with CLI-prgs for pipes
Author:   ruppert@vs3.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de
Uploader: ruppert@vs3.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de
Type:     util/cli

StdIO-Handler                                                    StdIO-Handler

$VER: StdIO-Handler.doc

NAME
    StdIO-Handler - Handler for StdIO access

FUNCTION
    In december 1994 I got a PIPE package and I was very supprised about the
    easy implementation of these pipes. So I used this very often with gzip
    and tar. But after some tries, to use the pipes with standard Amiga CLI
    programs, I found no trick to redirect the input and output to the pipes.
    At this point I had a idea of writing a transparent handler. Thus the
    StdIO-Handler was born, using some example code from the Device-Handler
    by Matthias Scheler and Marius Gröger (Thanks for the available code !).
    The only thing you have to do, is to copy the STDIO file to your
    Devs:DosDrivers/ directory and the handler to your L: directory.
    After this you can use it like all other devices.
    Note: If you use this handler with the pipes, you can't use tools, which
          Seek's in the files (see the appropriate pipes doc) !

    Example Mount File :

    /* Standard-IO Handler */
    Handler     = L:StdIO-Handler
    Stacksize   = 1000
    Priority    = 5
    GlobVec     = -1


EXAMPLES
    Output the current direcory in sorted order :
    List | Sort Stdio: to Stdio:

    Output all files and subdirs last modified on august 1994 :
    List ALL | search stdio: Aug-94 NONUM

    List ALL | search stdio: -s--rw-d NONUM

AUTHOR
    Stefan Ruppert
    Windthorststraße 5
    65439 Flörsheim am Main
    GERMANY
    EMail: ruppert@vs3.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de


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    2180     769 64.7% 17-Jan-95 02:08:36  StdIO-Handler/Install
     553     319 42.3% 17-Jan-95 02:02:36  StdIO-Handler/Install.info
      40      40  0.0% 05-Apr-95 23:26:34  StdIO-Handler/project
     110      89 19.0% 16-Jan-95 23:28:46  StdIO-Handler/STDIO
    1380     940 31.8% 05-Apr-95 23:27:06  StdIO-Handler/StdIO-Handler
   12278    3703 69.8% 05-Apr-95 23:18:10  StdIO-Handler/StdIO-Handler.c
     417     215 48.4% 17-Jan-95 02:02:36  StdIO-Handler/StdIO-Handler.c.info
    1575     833 47.1% 05-Apr-95 23:27:06  StdIO-Handler/StdIO-Handler.doc
     468     226 51.7% 17-Jan-95 02:02:36  StdIO-Handler/StdIO-Handler.doc.info
     481     268 44.2% 17-Jan-95 02:02:36  StdIO-Handler/STDIO.info
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