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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@fr.inter.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] help, i'm in a wet paper bag and I can't get out
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 03:00:31 +0200
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> I got this far but of course (I can say that now) 
> the `{..} doesn't return until $netdir/data sends an eof
> and then prints each line

well, obviously.  it's a file isn't it? <smirk>

> so how do i read a line at a time before `{..} closes it's stdout?

write some C program that that reads _unbuffered_ characters
and spits them until it sees 'end of line' (whatever that may be).
you should buffer the output, but _not_ the input.

can't be more than 20 lines of code.

btw: i hope you're dealing with 8 bit chars 'cos latin-1 will
     really screw up utf encoded streams that the rest of the
     system expects.  years ago i wrote (on ultrix) riso [rune
     to iso-latin-1] and isor (pronounced eye-sore) filters
     so that the unix sam could deal with the few french docs
     i had to deal with.