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Subject: Re: [9fans] newbie rc question
From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:34:52 -0400
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> 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